The economic, political and social-cultural influence of current immigrants is far more beneficial to the nation than our media critics make them out to be. Hispanics are fast becoming the new foundation of our countryâs economic, political and social-cultural power.
umlaut - a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound. diaeresis, dieresis. diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation. Translations.
ABLAUT: Jacob Grimm's term for the way in which Old English strong verbs formed their preterites by a vowel change. This is also called gradation. An example would be the principal parts of Old English strong verbs such as I sing, I sang, and I sung.