umlauten
German, verb
umlauten is spelled U-M-L-A-U-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umlauten is a German verb meaning “to umlaut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umlauten is a different word: “gerund of umlauten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Stammvokal zum Umlaut machen, einen Vokalwechsel vollziehen/durchführen”.
What does umlauten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to umlaut
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umlauten
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Umlaut
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Stammvokal zum Umlaut machen, einen Vokalwechsel vollziehen/durchführen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of umlauten
- lautet um present singular third-person
- lautete um past
- umgelautet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umlautend participle present
- umzulauten infinitive infinitive-zu
- laute um first-person indicative present
- lauten um first-person indicative plural
- lautest um indicative present second-person
- lauteten um first-person indicative plural
- lautetest um indicative preterite second-person
- lautetet um indicative plural preterite
- umgelautet haben active infinitive perfect
- umgelautet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- umgelautet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- umgelautet sein statal-passive infinitive present
- umgelautet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- umgelautet zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is umlauten in German?
umlauten appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).