# ü

| ü | U+00FC, &#252; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS |
| Composition: | u [U+0075] + ◌̈ [U+0308] |
| ← û [U+00FB] | Latin-1 Supplement | ý → [U+00FD] |

## Translingual
### Symbol

ü
* (NAPA, UPA) a high front rounded vowel (IPA [y]).
* (superscript ⟨ᵘ̈⟩, UPA) an extremely short or fleeting ü.
* An emoticon representing a face with a big smile.
    I'd be glad to go! All the best ü

#### Alternative forms

* Ü

## English
### Symbol

ü
* (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOOSE vowel
    Synonyms: ū, o͞o

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /y/

### Letter

ü lower case (upper case Ü)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* (Souletin) IPA: /y/

### Letter

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
* (Souletin) The letter u with a trema.

#### Usage notes

* Used in the Souletin dialect to represent the close front rounded vowel.
* It is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of u.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## German
### Alternative forms

* Ue, sometimes Ui (for the capital letter Ü; obsolete)
* uͤ (uncommon in modern Antiqua)

### Letter

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
* The letter u with an umlaut.

#### Usage notes

* Some Early New High German texts differ between ü as the umlaut of u and uͤ as the umlaut of uͦ or ů.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: [ˈy]
* (letter name): IPA: [ˈy]

### Letter

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
* The thirty-sixth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ü and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

### Further reading

* (sound and letter): ü in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* ([dialectal] alternative form of ő (“he, she”)): ü , redirecting to (2): ő in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Kobon
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɨ/

### Letter

ü (upper case Ü)
* A letter of the Kobon alphabet.

## North Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʏ] (short vowel)
* IPA: [yː] (long vowel, spelt üü)

### Letter

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
* A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, đ, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Diaeresis) IPA: /w/

### Symbol

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
* the letter u with a trema

#### Usage notes

This letter is used to indicate diaeresis in <qu> and <gu> before <i> and <e> (e.g., freqüência, aqüífero, agüentar, lingüiça). It has been made obsolete by the reform of 1990, but could still be used until the 31st of December 2012.
It is also used in words derived from borrowings, such as mülleriano, from German Müller (this usage isn't affected by the reform).

## Southern Tutchone
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɨ/

### Letter

ü (upper case Ü)
* A letter of the Southern Tutchone alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /w/

### Symbol

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
* Indicate a diaeresis in ⟨gu⟩ before ⟨i⟩ and ⟨e⟩ (e.g., paragüero, pingüino).

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /y/

### Letter

ü (lower case, upper case Ü)
* The twenty-sixth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ü and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) harf; A a (Â â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Î î), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

### Noun

ü
* The name of the Latin-script letter Ü/ü.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

## Turkmen
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /y/, /yː/

### Letter

ü (upper case Ü)
* The twenty-sixth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ü and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

## Volapük
### Alternative forms

* (before a vowel) üd

### Conjunction

ü
* or

#### Related terms

* e, ed (“and”)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): (North Wales) IPA: /ˈɨ̞ː/, /ˌɨ̞/
* (phoneme): (South Wales) IPA: /ˈiː/, /ˌɪ/

### Letter

ü (lower case)
* The letter U, marked for its syllabic pronunciation distinct from adjacent vowels.