Ü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "u"

Languages (15)

Translingual • English

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Azerbaijani • Basque • Catalan • Central Franconian • Estonian • French • German • Hungarian • Khiamniungan Naga • Slovene • Spanish • Turkish • Welsh

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Ü U+00DC, Ü LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS Composition: U [U+0055] + ◌̈ [U+0308] ← Û [U+00DB] Latin-1 Supplement Ý → [U+00DD]

Translingual

Symbol

Ü

1. An emoticon representing a face with a very large smile.

   Hopefully you can make it to the BBQ tomorrow Ü

Alternative forms

• ü

English

Alternative forms

• U

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan དབུས (dbus), which is pronounced like Ü in Lhasa.

Proper noun

Ü

1. (uncommon) The east part of Ü-Tsang, centered in Lhasa.
2. (uncommon) The Central Tibetan language, a variety of Tibetan.

   Synonym: Dbus

See also

• Ü-Tsang

Azerbaijani

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Basque

Pronunciation

• (Soule) IPA^(key): /y/

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. (Soule) The letter U with a trema.

Usage notes

• 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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Catalan

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. the letter U with diaeresis, used to indicate that two vowels are pronounced in separate syllables, rather than together as a diphthong.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Central Franconian

Etymology

Moselle Franconian generally has no ü. In Ripuarian:

• /y/ is from Middle High German ü in open syllables; from iu before velars.
• /yː/ is from œ; from iu before non-velars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (short) /y/, (long) /yː/

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (German-based), written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• In the Dutch-based spelling, /y/, /yː/ are represented by U (see there).

Doubling of long Ü

• Long ü may be doubled to üü in the following cases:
  • when it is followed by two or more consonants: Wüürschje or Würschje;
  • when the German cognate has two vowel letters: Hüüser or Hüser (German Häuser).

Estonian

Etymology

From German Ü.

Pronunciation

• (letter name, üü): IPA^(key): /yːː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /y/

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called üü and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y tʁe.ma/

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. the letter U with diaeresis, used to indicate that two vowels are pronounced in separate syllables, rather than together as a diphthong or digraph. For example, ambigüe.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Letter

Ü n (upper case, lower case ü)

1. A letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script, an umlauted version of U.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) Buchstabe; A a (Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s (ẞ ß), T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Noun

Ü n (strong, genitive Ü, plural Ü or Üs)

1. The letter Ü.

Declension

Declension of Ü [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Ü	die	Ü, Üs
genitive	eines	des	Ü	der	Ü, Üs
dative	einem	dem	Ü	den	Ü, Üs
accusative	ein	das	Ü	die	Ü, Üs

Further reading

• “Ü” in Duden online
• “Ü”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈy]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈy]

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

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

Declension

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

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames: ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ and others.

Khiamniungan Naga

Etymology

The Khiamniungan Naga language is presently written using the Latin alphabet. No indigenous or alternative script has been documented from earlier periods in the language's history. For a detailed description of the writing system's conventions including vowel and Consonant representation, tone marking (such as the use of h for glottal, the letter ü is pronounced ə), and orthographic rules, see the Wikipedia article on the Khiamniungan alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə³³/

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. (Patsho) The twenty-fourth letter of the Khiamniungan Naga alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ch ch, E e, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, Ng ng, Ny ny, O o, P p, Ph ph, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, U u, Ü ü, V v, W w, Y y

Pronunciation guide

Uppercase	IPA	Canonical Pronunciation	Phonetic examples in English	Phonetic examples in Khiamniungan Naga
A	a	aa	father	āmpāu(pastor)
Ch	tʃʰ	tʃʰə	chair, watch	chām(book)
E	ɛ	a	bed, elephant	ēm(colony of Jhumland)
H	h	hə	husband	hǖhêi(hello)
I	i	ee	beet	îe(winnowing tray)
J	tʃ	tʃə	picture, culture, nature	jām(house)
K	k	kə	sky, skip	kēu(uncle)
Kh	kʰ	kʰə	canoe, Cost, cat	khèu(head)
L	l	lə	alone	lāi(spear)
M	m	mə	money	màu(ant)
N	n	nə	nine, never	nòk
Ng	ŋ	ŋə	sing, throng	ngēm(news)
Ny	ɲ	ɲə	canyon, bunyan	nyù(mother)
O	ɔ	ɔ	orange	ônyù(sky)
P	P	pə	spill, span	pòu(father)
Ph	pʰ	pʰə	pound	phōh(hand)
S	ʃ	ʃə	sound	sā(liver)
Sh	ʃʰ	ʃʰə	shine	shām(mat)
T	t	tə	stop, stand	tòuh(wild pig)
Th	tʰ	tʰə	Thomas	thoi(pumking)
Ts	ts	tsə	cats, hats, pizza	tsēm(salt)
Tsh	Tsʰ	Tsʰə	tshep(kiss)	tshō(traditional basket)
U	ʊ, u	ʊ, u	look, hoop	ûo(goat)
Ü	ə	ə	banana	chǖlám
V	v	və	very	vèu(chicken)
W	w	wə	watt	wā(flour)
Y	j	jə	yellow	yòh(pig)
Glottal(h) is used at the end of the word	ʔ	ʔ stop	Mountain, button, cotton	chāh(through)

Slovene

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Symbol

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʏː/

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a ( â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Πî), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞ː/, /ˌɨ̞/
• (phoneme): (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈiː/, /ˌɪ/

Letter

Ü (upper case, lower case ü)

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