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Noun Concept
Categories: Sound laws, Germanic philology, Germanic language histories, Assimilation (linguistics), German language
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Germanic umlaut  German umlaut  i-mutation  i-umlaut  Omljud
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The Germanic umlaut is a type of linguistic umlaut in which a back vowel changes to the associated front vowel or a front vowel becomes closer to /i/ when the following syllable contains /i/, /iː/, or /j/. Wikipedia
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The Germanic umlaut is a type of linguistic umlaut in which a back vowel changes to the associated front vowel or a front vowel becomes closer to /i/ when the following syllable contains /i/, /iː/, or /j/. Wikipedia
A prominent instance of i-mutation in the history of the Germanic languages Wikipedia Disambiguation
Metaphony in Germanic languages, occurring around 450–500, in which vowels are raised or fronted when the following syllable contains /i/ or /j/; e.g. Engl. foot → feet Wikidata
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umlaut
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Germanic umlaut
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Germanic umlaut
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German umlaut, Germanic Umlaut, i-umlaut, Omljud, Ruckumlaut, Rueckumlaut, Rückumlaut
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i-mutation, i-umlaut

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