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Originally Posted by celador
Also, What is the difference between the umlaut, (which is what I thought this [ ü ] was, and the dieresis? They appear to be written the same and as nearly as I can tell the definition is very similar. I think maybe the umlaut is more Germanic? and the dieresis more latin? No?
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In form the dieresis and umlaut are the same, in that they are the 2 dots over a vowel. Phonologically, they are not the same, since they refer to different linguistic phenomena.