Tasks. Improve your German. Der Welt. Fronter. Umlauts. The diaeresis (/daɪˈɛrɨsɨs/ dy-ERR-ə-səs) (also spelled diæresis or dieresis; plural: -es), trema or umlaut is a diacritic that consists of two dots ( ¨ ) placed over a letter, most commonly a vowel. When that letter is an i or a j, the diacritic replaces the tittle: ï.[1] The same symbol is also used as a diacritic in other cases, distinct from both diaeresis and umlaut. For example, in Albanian, ë represents a schwa.
The word diaeresis is from Ancient Greek: διαίρεσις, meaning division, separation, distinction.[2] Umlaut is German for "around/changed" (um-) "sound" (Laut). The word trema (plural tremas or tremata), a term generally used in the context of the French language and also occasionally used in classical scholarship, is from Ancient Greek: τρῆμα, meaning a perforation, orifice, or pip (as on dice),[3] and is derived from the form of the diacritic rather than its function. In German, diaeresis occurs in a few proper names, such as Ferdinand Piëch and Bernhard Hoëcker. Examples: German. This timeline covers the history of the German peoples from ancient times to the present. It is incomplete; some important events may be missing. Please help add to it.
For more in-depth analysis, see History of Germany. BC[edit] Germanic warriors storm the field at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9AD *500 BC, the Germanic tribes appear in northern Germany, see the Nordic Bronze Age.[1] 1-800[edit] 9 AD Battle of the Teutoburg Forest and the White Rebellion of Saxon.100 - Roman author Tacitus in Germania provides a highly influential interpretation of German culture.558-61 - King Chlothar I ruled much of Germany and made expeditions into Saxony, while the Southeast of modern Germany was still under influence of the Ostrogoths. 800–1000[edit] 1000–1500[edit] Agnes of Germany 1600–1789[edit] Germanic languages: conjugate German verbs.