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diaeresis

Also known as umlaut, trema, diæresis, dieresis, ¨, ◌̈, diaeresis above, dieresis above

diacritic (U+0308) of two dots written horizontalement above a base letter, used to denote the separation of two consecutive vowels, or to replace the 2nd letter of a digraph modifying the pronunciation of the base letter

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Commons category: Diaeresis
TeX string: \"
Unicode code point: 0308
Unicode character name: COMBINING DIAERESIS
HTML entity: ̈

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Diaeresis (/daɪˈɛrəsɪs, -ˈɪər-/ dy-ERR-ə-siss, -⁠EER-) is a diacritical mark consisting of two dots (◌̈) that indicates that two adjacent vowel letters are separate syllables – a vowel hiatus (also called a diaeresis) – rather than a digraph or diphthong.

It consists of a two dots diacritic placed over a letter, generally a vowel.