¨

See also: ΅, ῭, and ῁

¨ U+00A8, ¨ DIAERESIS ← § [U+00A7] Latin-1 Supplement © → [U+00A9]

◌̈ U+0308, ̈ COMBINING DIAERESIS ← ◌̇ [U+0307] Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̉ → [U+0309]

Translingual

Description

Two horizontally aligned dots, to be placed above other characters.

Diacritical mark

¨

1. (IPA) A modifier indicating centralization.

Usage notes

In English, this is called diaeresis (or dieresis), trema, umlaut.

Derived terms

• ⸚

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Albanian

Diacritical mark

¨

1. The diaeresis. Used with the letter e to make ë, which represents the sound [ə]

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Dutch

Diacritical mark

¨

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called trema (“diaeresis”) in Dutch, and found on Ä/ä, Ë/ë, Ï/ï, Ö/ö and Ü/ü.
2. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called umlaut (“umlaut”) in Dutch, and found on Ä/ä, Ö/ö and Ü/ü.

Usage notes

The diaeresis is used to indicate that two vowels are to be pronounced separately as two syllables, rather than as a diphthong or single vowel. In compound words, a hyphen - is used to separate the syllables instead.

The umlaut diacritic is used only in words of German origin, such as föhn.

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French

Diacritical mark

¨ In french, this symbol is called a "tréma", and is placed above a letter. It is used to symbolise that the sound of the vowel under it should be pronounced separately from other letters around it.

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Galician

Diacritical mark

¨

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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German

Diacritical mark

¨

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called Umlaut (“umlaut”) in German, and found on Ä/ä, Ö/ö and Ü/ü.
2. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called Trema in German, and found on Ë/ë and Ï/ï.

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Greek

Diacritical mark

¨

1. A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called διαλυτικά in Greek, and found on ί/ΐ/ϋ.

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Hungarian

Diacritical mark

¨

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called tréma (“trema”) in Hungarian, and found on Ö/ö and Ü/ü.

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Ligurian

Diacritical mark

¨

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called doî pónti or diêrexi (“two points” or “diaeresis”) in Ligurian, and found on Ö/ö.
   1. Used to denote stressed or unstressed /ɔː/

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Portuguese

Diacritical mark

¨

1. (obsolete) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called trema (“trema”) in Portuguese, and found on Ü/ü.
   1. Formerly used, in the letter "u", formed "ü", in the syllables "qüe", "qüi", "güe" and "güi". In these syllables, the letter "u" without a trema would be silent; with the trema it would have the sound of the semivowel /w/.

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Spanish

Diacritical mark

¨

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called diéresis (“diaeresis”) in Spanish, and found on Ü/ü.

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Welsh

Diacritical mark

¨

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called didolnod (“separation mark”) in Welsh, and found on Ä/ä, Ë/ë, Ï/ï, Ö/ö, Ü/ü, Ẅ/ẅ and Ÿ/ÿ.