hungarumlaut

English

Etymology

Blend of Hungarian +‎ umlaut.

Noun

hungarumlaut (plural hungarumlauts)

1. (typography, very rare) The double acute accent (˝), a rare diacritical mark made up of two acute accents, chiefly used in the Hungarian language.
   • 2003 July 12, Andreas Höfeld, “Re: middle age font”, in comp.fonts‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The "regular umlaut" with the dieresis dots originated from a form with two vertical or slanted strokes (not unlike the "hungarumlaut" speaking in typographical terms).

   • 2014, Leslie Sikos, Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML, page 48:

     For example, the small o with tilde, õ, has been displayed instead of o with the double acute accent (also known as the Hungarumlaut), ő, which is a different character.

   • 2017, Gavin Ambrose, The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press and Production, page 19:

     Many accents are specific to certain languages; the double acute, for instance, is used solely in Hungarian and is sometimes referred to as the Hungarumlaut.