ü

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ü U+00FC, ü
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
Composition:u [U+0075] + ◌̈ [U+0308]
û
[U+00FB]
Latin-1 Supplement ý
[U+00FD]

Translingual[edit]

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Symbol[edit]

ü

  1. (NAPA) a high front rounded vowel (IPA [y]).
  2. An emoticon representing a face with a big smile.
    I'd be glad to go! All the best ü

Alternative forms[edit]

English[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ü

  1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOOSE vowel
    Synonyms: ū, o͞o

Azerbaijani[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

ü lower case (upper case Ü)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)

  1. (Souletin) The letter u with a trema.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Used in the Souletin dialect to represent the close front rounded vowel.
  • It is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of u.

See also[edit]

German[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

  • Ue, sometimes Ui (for the capital letter Ü; obsolete)
  • (uncommon in modern Antiqua)

Letter[edit]

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)

  1. The letter u with an umlaut.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Some Early New High German texts differ between ü as the umlaut of u and as the umlaut of or ů.

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)

  1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ü and written in the Latin script.

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ü ü-k
accusative ü-t ü-ket
dative ü-nek ü-knek
instrumental ü-vel ü-kkel
causal-final ü-ért ü-kért
translative ü-vé ü-kké
terminative ü-ig ü-kig
essive-formal ü-ként ü-kként
essive-modal
inessive ü-ben ü-kben
superessive ü-n ü-kön
adessive ü-nél ü-knél
illative ü-be ü-kbe
sublative ü-re ü-kre
allative ü-höz ü-khöz
elative ü-ből ü-kből
delative ü-ről ü-kről
ablative ü-től ü-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ü-é ü-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ü-éi ü-kéi
Possessive forms of ü
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ü-m ü-im
2nd person sing. ü-d ü-id
3rd person sing. ü-je ü-i
1st person plural ü-nk ü-ink
2nd person plural ü-tök ü-itek
3rd person plural ü-jük ü-ik

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • (sound and letter): ü in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • ([dialectal] alternative form of ő (he, she)): ü , redirecting to (2): ő in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Kobon[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ɨ/

Letter[edit]

ü (upper case Ü)

  1. A letter of the Kobon alphabet.

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)

  1. the letter u with a trema

Usage notes[edit]

This letter is used to indicate diaeresis in <qu> and <gu> before <i> and <e> (e.g., freqüência, aqüífero, agüentar, lingüiça). It has been made obsolete by the reform of 1990, but could still be used until the 31st of December 2012.

It is also used in words derived from borrowings, such as mülleriano, from German Müller (this usage isn't affected by the reform).

Southern Tutchone[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  1. IPA(key): /ɨ/

Letter[edit]

ü (upper case Ü)

  1. A letter of the Southern Tutchone alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)

  1. Indicate a diaeresis in ⟨gu⟩ before ⟨i⟩ and ⟨e⟩ (e.g., paragüero, pingüino).

Turkish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ü and written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Noun[edit]

ü

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ü.

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Turkmen[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /y/, /yː/

Letter[edit]

ü (upper case Ü)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ü and written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (before a vowel) üd

Conjunction[edit]

ü

  1. or

Related terms[edit]

  • e, ed (and)

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

ü (lower case)

  1. The letter U, marked for its syllabic pronunciation distinct from adjacent vowels.