The word umlaut comes from German and refers to the change in sound of a vowel. It also refers to the diacritic, which is two dots side by side above a vowel. Languages which use the diacritic include Finnish, German, Hungarian, Swedish and Turkish.
Here are examples of German plurals which have the umlaut:
Hand Hände (hand) (hands)
Haus Häuser (house) (houses)
Mutter Mütter (mother) (mothers)
Wort Wörter (word) (words)
Zug Züge (train) (trains)
Languages such as German, Hungarian and Swedish use the umlaut, a diacritic placed above a vowel to indicate a sound change. In addition to the diacritic, the words also refers to the sound change. In English, irregular plurals such as feet, geese and teeth are the result of a process known as i-umlaut.
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