A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound, 8 letters - Crossword clues, answers, solver

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Answer for the clue "A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound ", 8 letters:
dieresis

Alternative clues for the word dieresis

Umlaut doppelganger
"The two dots in "na"
The two dots in "naГЇve"
The two dots in "naïve"
Mark missing from "naive"
Umlaut lookalike

Word definitions for dieresis in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of diaeresis English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dieresis \Di*er"e*sis\, n. [NL.] Same as Di[ae]resis .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound [syn: umlaut , diaeresis ] [also: diereses (pl)]

Usage examples of dieresis.

English reader, we have thought it unnecessary to use the dieresis in such cases.

English reader, we have thought it unnecessary to use the dieresis in similar cases.