Get to know Diaeresis better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like umlaut or diacritic. In Dutch this translates to diëresis.
Diaeresis in a sentence
Diaeresis meaning
- A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.
- The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable.
Diaeresis vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Diaeresis
- The main meaning on this page is: A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction. | A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction. | The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable.
- Useful related words include: umlaut, dieresis, diacritical mark, diacritic.
- Possible Dutch translations are: diëresis, diërese.
- In the example corpus, diaeresis often appears in combinations such as: the diaeresis, diaeresis is.
Context around Diaeresis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Diaeresis
- In this selection, "diaeresis" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, proper, may, mark and optional stand out and add context to how "diaeresis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a diaeresis ü indicates and a proper diaeresis may very. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "diaeresis" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with diaeresis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For deity and deify, only solid styling (no hyphen or diaeresis) is normative. (13 words)
A proper diaeresis may very exceptionally be seen in elaborated style (for instance: "Aïda"). (14 words)
A diaeresis ü indicates that it is not silent as it normally would be (e. (15 words)
Many users (and various dictionaries) consider the diaeresis optional in naive/naïve (because not necessary for the reader to recognize the word), and *na-ive draws attention to itself as a style that is simply never used (although comprehensible). (39 words)
French also uses the diaeresis on the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that both are pronounced separately, as in Noël "Christmas" and haïr "to hate". (27 words)
The uropods and telson collectively form the tail fan; the uropods are not divided by a diaeresis, as they are in many other decapods. (24 words)
Example sentences (11)
A diaeresis ü indicates that it is not silent as it normally would be (e.
A proper diaeresis may very exceptionally be seen in elaborated style (for instance: "Aïda").
English speakers and writers once used the diaeresis more often than now in words such as coöperation (from Fr. coopération), zoölogy (from Grk.
For deity and deify, only solid styling (no hyphen or diaeresis) is normative.
French also uses the diaeresis on the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that both are pronounced separately, as in Noël "Christmas" and haïr "to hate".
It was formerly common in American English to use a diaeresis mark to indicate a hiatus : for example, coöperate, daïs, reëlect.
Many users (and various dictionaries) consider the diaeresis optional in naive/naïve (because not necessary for the reader to recognize the word), and *na-ive draws attention to itself as a style that is simply never used (although comprehensible).
Nowadays the diaeresis is normally left out (cooperate), or a hyphen is used (co-operate).
The acute accent and diaeresis are also occasionally used, to denote stress and vowel separation respectively.
The uropods and telson collectively form the tail fan; the uropods are not divided by a diaeresis, as they are in many other decapods.
This results in the forms: j'haïs, tu haïs, il/elle haït, written with a diaeresis (tréma) and all pronounced with two syllables: /a.
Common combinations with diaeresis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the diaeresis 4×
- diaeresis is 2×