Home › Words › U › umlautlessnessumlautlessnessumlautlessness · noun — the fact or state of not exhibiting any signs of phonological umlaut.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom umlautless + -ness.nounThe fact or state of not exhibiting any signs of phonological umlaut.e.g.“As noted, the weak suffix -ita (< -iða) loses its vowel in long stems, creating this pattern of umlautlessness in long-stem preterit forms.” — 2012, Joseph Salmons, A History of German, page 136:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.accentlessness 68% match — Absence of an accent. vs umlautlessness →umlaut 65% match — An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants. vs umlautlessness →umlauted 62% match — Modified by the addition of an umlaut. vs umlautlessness →accentlessly 60% match — Without an accent. vs umlautlessness →unphoneticness 60% match — The quality of being unphonetic. vs umlautlessness →unguttural 60% match — Not guttural. vs umlautlessness →vowellessness 59% match — The state of being without vowels, condition of being vowelless. vs umlautlessness →earlessness 58% match — The quality of being earless; absence of ears. vs umlautlessness →