diereses

Meanings

• Diacritical mark

  A diacritical mark used in the Afrikaans language to indicate a vowel is long.

  - "The word 'koël' with a diaeresis mark looks like this: 'köël'. It means 'owl' in Afrikaans."

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Variants

List of all variants of diereses that leads to same result
diaereses , diaeresis , diaeretic , diereses , dieresis

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Etymology

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The diaeresis mark originated in ancient Greek, where it was used to separate vowels in a single syllable. In modern Afrikaans, it is used to indicate long vowels.

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Trivia

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1. The diaeresis mark is also known as a 'trema' or 'umlaut' in some languages.

2. The Afrikaans language has 14 long vowels, and the diaeresis mark is used to indicate 11 of them.

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Related Concepts

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1. Diacritical mark: A symbol added to a letter or a group of letters to alter its pronunciation or to indicate its function in a word.

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Culture

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The diaeresis mark is an essential part of the Afrikaans orthography and is used frequently in written Afrikaans language.

How to Memorize "diereses"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the two dots above the vowel as representing the length of the vowel sound.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the diaeresis mark with the Afrikaans language and the long vowel sounds it represents.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'double the vowel, double the length' to remember the function of the diaeresis mark.

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