The absence of its i-umlaut is Anglian, deore 71, feond s.
Forms with i-umlaut usually have superlative in -est: Positive.
These umlaut datives are all due to the presence of a former i.
The changes produced by i-umlaut have been already discussed.
It is best, however, to class the change of e to i or ie with the changes due to umlaut, since it occurs consistently in the 2d and 3d singular stems of Early West Saxon, and outlasted almost all of the umlaut forms proper.
There are about twenty verbs belonging to Class I that are irregular in having no umlaut in the preterit and past participle.
The r-Stems contain nouns expressing kinship, and exhibit umlaut of the dative singular.
The Present Indicative with i-Umlaut and Contraction.
These declensions are all characterized by the prevalence, wherever possible, of i-umlaut in certain cases, the case ending being then dropped.
The nouns belonging to the foot Declension exhibit umlaut most consistently in the N.
To this declension belong all feminine nouns which form their plural in {-e} and have umlaut in the stem-vowel.
To this declension belong all masculine nouns which form their plural in {-e} and with umlaut of the stem-vowel.
Most monosyllables haveumlaut in the comparative and superlative either exclusively or have mutated beside unmutated forms.
The characteristic of this type of noun is that it has umlaut in all forms of the singular and plural when the stem-vowel is capable of it (cp.
Adjectives which have umlaut in the positive regularly preserve it in the comparative and superlative.
Forms without and with umlaut are found in the second and third pers.
The {i} which would have caused umlautin the preterite disappeared in the prehistoric period of the language.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "umlaut" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: gradation; mark; mutation; phonetics; phonology
