hungarumlaut

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noun

The double acute accent (˝), a rare diacritical mark made up of two acute accents, chiefly used in the Hungarian language.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounhungarumlaut (plural hungarumlauts)

plural hungarumlauts

  1. raremediaThe double acute accent (˝), a rare diacritical mark made up of two acute accents, chiefly used in the Hungarian language.

    Many accents are specific to certain languages; the double acute, for instance, is used solely in Hungarian and is sometimes referred to as the Hungarumlaut.

    2017, Gavin Ambrose, The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press and Production, page 19
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    The "regular umlaut" with the dieresis dots originated from a form with two vertical or slanted strokes (not unlike the "hungarumlaut" speaking in typographical terms).

    2003 July 12, Andreas Höfeld, “Re: middle age font”, in comp.fonts (Usenet)

    For example, the small o with tilde, õ, has been displayed instead of o with the double acute accent (also known as the Hungarumlaut), ő, which is a different character.

    2014, Leslie Sikos, Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML, page 48

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna diacritic mark of the Latin script, used primarily in written Hungarian.

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“hungarumlaut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hungarumlaut. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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