umlaut (noun)

1. In the futuristic world of the novel, the aliens communicate using symbols and umlauts to convey complex concepts.

2. The haunted house was painted in eerie colors, with the umlauts on the walls seeming to stare at the terrified visitors.

3. During the Middle Ages, umlauts were commonly used in Old High German to indicate vowel changes in the conjugation of verbs.

4. Why did the linguist hire a German diacritic? Because he needed someone to umlaut the competition!