ü

See also: Variations of "u"

ü - Translingual

Letter

ü (upper case Ü)

The letter u with a diaeresis above itself.
The letter u with an umlaut above itself.

Symbol

An emoticon representing a face with a big smile.
- I'd be glad to go! All the best ü

Alternative forms

ü - Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /y/

Letter

ü lower case (upper case Ü)

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

ü - Basque

Pronunciation

(Souletin) IPA: /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.

ü - 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.

ü - Hungarian

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA: [ˈy]
(letter name): IPA: [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

ü - Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Diaeresis) IPA: /w/
(German loanwords) IPA: /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).

ü - Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /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).

ü - Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA: /y/

Letter

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)

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

Noun

The name of the Latin-script letter Ü.

ü - Turkmen

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /y/, /yː/

Letter

ü (upper case Ü)

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

ü - Volapük

Alternative forms

(before a vowel) üd

Conjunction

Related terms

e, ed (“and”)