ü
See also: Appendix:Variations of "u"
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Translingual
Letter
ü (upper case Ü)
- The letter u with a diaeresis above itself.
- The letter u with an umlaut above itself.
Symbol
ü
- An emoticon representing a face with a big smile.
- I'd be glad to go! All the best ü
Alternative forms
- Ü
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter U): Úú Ùù Ŭŭ Ûû Ǔǔ Ůů Üü Ǘǘ Ǜǜ Ǚǚ Ǖǖ Űű Ũũ Ṹṹ Ųų Ūū Ṻṻ Ủủ Ȕȕ Ȗȗ Ưư Ứứ Ừừ Ữữ Ửử Ựự Ụụ Ṳṳ Ṷṷ Ṵṵ Ʉʉ ᵾ ᶙ ᴜ Ｕｕ Ꜷꜷ Ȣȣ ᵫ
- (Letters using umlaut or diaresis sign): Ää Ǟǟ Ëë Ḧḧ Ïï Ḯḯ N̈n̈ Öö Ȫȫ Ṏṏ ẗ Üü Ǘǘ Ǚǚ Ǜǜ Ǖǖ Ṻṻ Ṳṳ Ẅẅ Ẍẍ Ÿÿ
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /y/
Letter
ü lower case (upper case Ü)
- 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
- (Souletin) IPA(key): /y/
Letter
ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
- (Souletin) 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
German
Alternative forms
- Ue, sometimes Ui (for the capital letter Ü; obsolete)
- uͤ (uncommon in modern Antiqua)
Letter
ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
- The letter u with an umlaut.
Usage notes
- Some Early New High German texts differ between ü as the umlaut of u and uͤ as the umlaut of uͦ or ů.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈy]
- (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈy]
Letter
ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
- 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 (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
Further reading
- (sound and letter): ü in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Diaeresis) IPA(key): /w/
- (German loanwords) IPA(key): /i/
Symbol
ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
- the letter u with a trema
Usage notes
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).
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w/
Symbol
ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
- The letter u with a trema.
Usage notes
Used to indicate a diaeresis in <gu> before <i> and <e> (e.g., paragüero, pingüino).
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y/
Letter
ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ü and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, 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, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Noun
ü
- The name of the Latin-script letter Ü.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze
Turkmen
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /y/, /yː/
Letter
ü (upper case Ü)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ü and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z
Volapük
Alternative forms
- (before a vowel) üd
Conjunction
ü
- or
Related terms
- e, ed (“and”)