Umlautung
German, noun[ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯tʊŋ]
Umlautung is spelled U-M-L-A-U-T-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umlautung is a German feminine noun meaning “umlauting (vowel transformation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wechsel des Stammvokals zum Umlaut; Durchführung eines Vokalwechsels”.
What does Umlautung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineumlauting (vowel transformation)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wechsel des Stammvokals zum Umlaut; Durchführung eines Vokalwechsels
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 Umlautung
- Umlautungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Umlautung?
- [ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯tʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Umlautung in German?
Umlautung appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).