ablaut

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To undergo a change of vowel.
2. (transitive) To cause to change a vowel.

Konzepte

Ablaut

Halbwelle

Wechselbetrieb

Vokalabstufung

Synonyme

alternation

gradation

regular expression

swapping

vowel gradation

Übersetzungen

apophonie

ablaut

apofonia

ετεροίωση

alternance

roulement

ετεροποίωση

alternanza

alternation

alternarsi

περιτροπή

avvicendamento

alternazione

vicis

εναλλαγή

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɑbˌlaʊt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from German Ablaut (“sound gradation”), which is from ab- or ab (“down, off”), + Laut (“sound”). Ab is used here in the sense of “deviating, varying” as in Abgott (“god other than the true God”), Abart (“different sort, variety, anomality”).