Ü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "u"

Languages (13)

Translingual • English

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Azerbaijani • Basque • Catalan • Central Franconian • Estonian • French • Hungarian • Slovene • Spanish • Turkish • Welsh

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Ü U+00DC, Ü LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS Composition: U [U+0055] + ◌̈ [U+0308] ← Û [U+00DB] Latin-1 Supplement Ý → [U+00DD]

Translingual

Symbol

Ü

1. An emoticon representing a face with a very large smile.

   Hopefully you can make it to the BBQ tomorrow Ü

Alternative forms

• ü

English

Alternative forms

• U

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan དབུས (dbus), which is pronounced like Ü in Lhasa.

Proper noun

Ü

1. (uncommon) The east part of Ü-Tsang, centered in Lhasa.
2. (uncommon) The Central Tibetan language, a variety of Tibetan.

   Synonym: Dbus

See also

• Ü-Tsang

Azerbaijani

Letter

Ü upper case (lower case ü)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Basque

Pronunciation

• (Soule) IPA^(key): /y/

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. (Soule) The letter U with a trema.

Usage notes

• Used in the Souletin dialect to represent the close front rounded vowel.
• It is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of U.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Catalan

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. the letter U with diaeresis, used to indicate that two vowels are pronounced in separate syllables, rather than together as a diphthong.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Central Franconian

Etymology

Moselle Franconian generally has no ü. In Ripuarian:

• /y/ is from Middle High German ü in open syllables; from iu before velars.
• /yː/ is from œ; from iu before non-velars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (short) /y/, (long) /yː/

Letter

Ü

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

• In the Dutch-based spelling, /y/, /yː/ are represented by U (see there).

Doubling of long Ü

• Long ü may be doubled to üü in the following cases:
  • when it is followed by two or more consonants: Wüürschje or Würschje;
  • when the German cognate has two vowel letters: Hüüser or Hüser (German Häuser).

Estonian

Etymology

From German Ü.

Pronunciation

• (letter name, üü): IPA^(key): /yːː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /y/

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called üü and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y tʁe.ma/

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. the letter U with diaeresis, used to indicate that two vowels are pronounced in separate syllables, rather than together as a diphthong or digraph. For example, ambigüe.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈy]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈy]

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ü and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front rounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ü	Ü-k
accusative	Ü-t	Ü-ket
dative	Ü-nek	Ü-knek
instrumental	Ü-vel	Ü-kkel
causal-final	Ü-ért	Ü-kért
translative	Ü-vé	Ü-kké
terminative	Ü-ig	Ü-kig
essive-formal	Ü-ként	Ü-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Ü-ben	Ü-kben
superessive	Ü-n	Ü-kön
adessive	Ü-nél	Ü-knél
illative	Ü-be	Ü-kbe
sublative	Ü-re	Ü-kre
allative	Ü-höz	Ü-khöz
elative	Ü-ből	Ü-kből
delative	Ü-ről	Ü-kről
ablative	Ü-től	Ü-ktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	Ü-é	Ü-ké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Ü-éi	Ü-kéi

Possessive forms of Ü

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Ü-m	Ü-im
2nd person sing.	Ü-d	Ü-id
3rd person sing.	Ü-je	Ü-i
1st person plural	Ü-nk	Ü-ink
2nd person plural	Ü-tök	Ü-itek
3rd person plural	Ü-jük	Ü-ik

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Slovene

Letter

Ü (capital, lowercase ü)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Symbol

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. Indicate a diaeresis in ⟨gu⟩ before ⟨i⟩ and ⟨e⟩ (e.g., paragüero, pingüino).

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʏː/

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ü and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a ( â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Πî), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞ː/, /ˌɨ̞/
• (phoneme): (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈiː/, /ˌɪ/

Letter

Ü (lower case ü)

1. The letter U, marked for its syllabic pronunciation distinct from adjacent vowels.