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Hungarumlaut

Hungarumlaut

9.9
A pair of small marks above certain vowels in Hungarian that show they are long like 'ő' and 'ű'
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The vowel 'ő' in Hungarian is marked with a Hungarumlaut to indicate it is a long front rounded vowel.

Examples

  • Unlike the German umlaut, the Hungarumlaut appears only in the Hungarian language.

  • Linguists often refer to the double acute accent as the Hungarumlaut when describing Hungarian orthography.

  • The letter Hungarumlaut appears in Hungarian words.

  • Can you explain the Hungarumlaut in Hungarian?

  • Linguists often refer to the double acute accent as the Hungarumlaut when describing Hungarian orthography.

  • The vowel 'ő' in Hungarian is marked with a Hungarumlaut to indicate it is a long front rounded vowel.

  • Unlike the German umlaut, the Hungarumlaut appears only in the Hungarian language.

Synonyms

double acute accent
vsHungarumlaut
  • Specialized
9.9

A mark of two acute accents placed above a vowel to show a long rounded sound in Hungarian

is the Hungarian name for this same diacritic form

Surface Forms

Hungarumlaut singular
Hungarumlauts plural

Morphology

Hungarumlaut = Hungarian + umlaut (transparent) = Hungar + umlaut

The term is a straightforward compound referring to the type of 'umlaut' used in Hungarian, so knowing 'Hungarian' + 'umlaut' yields the meaning.

Etymology

Hungarumlaut mixes Hungaru-, which means 'Hungarian', and umlaut, a German word for a 'vowel change', so it is the Hungarian 'umlaut'. It names the 'double acute' accent '˝', an accent mark that shows a long front rounded vowel, so the name tells you both the language and the special double mark.