umlautlessness
English
editEtymology
editFrom umlautless + -ness.
Noun
editumlautlessness (uncountable)
- The fact or state of not exhibiting any signs of phonological umlaut.
- 2012, Joseph Salmons, A History of German, page 136:
- As noted, the weak suffix -ita (< -iða) loses its vowel in long stems, creating this pattern of umlautlessness in long-stem preterit forms.