來(lái)自德語(yǔ)umlaut,變音，元音變換，um-, 縮寫(xiě)自ambi-,兩邊的，周圍的，-laut, 聲音，詞源同listen. 例，an, inch, one, unit.
英文詞源
umlaut (n.)
1852, from German umlaut "change of sound," from um "about" (see ambi-) + laut "sound," from Old High German hlut (see listen). Coined 1774 by poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803) but first used in its current sense "modification of vowels" 1819 by linguist Jakob Grimm (1785-1863).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. To change ( a vowel ) by umlaut.
變換元音通過(guò)元音變化改變 ( 一個(gè)元音 )
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. To write or print ( a vowel ) with an umlaut.
標(biāo)曲音符號(hào)于 ( 元音字母 )
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. An umlaut is caused in a sound by its assimilation to another sound.