2006-08-28 21:16:47 · 12 answers · asked by SweetSoundOfMusic 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
starrwoode, you have to care. It's the most important thing in the world to care. If you don't care then you'll go to hell. We don't want that to happen don't we?
2006-08-28 21:21:20 · update #1
me, i've seen umlauts on surnames before.
2006-08-28 21:22:22 · update #2
No, it's without the umlaut. Klüm would sound wrong in German.
2006-08-29 10:04:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are last names with u + umlaut and there are last names without umlaut. It is not necessary every time a word has a u to be accompanied with umlauts. It is a matter of spelling.
2006-08-29 04:55:47 · answer #2 · answered by C.C. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have any idea how hard it is to put an umlaut into a word using a computer? Perhaps it should, but that might be the reason why none is shown.
2006-08-29 05:07:37 · answer #3 · answered by MrZ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably... but not too many keyboards come with umlauts... Perhaps the best way to resolve it would be to "Americanize" her name and spell it with an e on the end... Heidi Klume, so people would at least pronounce it correctly...
2006-08-29 04:40:07 · answer #4 · answered by skypiercer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's funny- I wonder- But I studied four years of German in high school and I think the umlaut belongs on certain words, not usually names :)
2006-08-29 04:20:28 · answer #5 · answered by me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C.C.'s right. There is "u" with and without umlaut in German and in this case it's just normal "u". And it doesn't matter if it's someone's name or not.
2006-08-31 06:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by deadly_jelena 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps when she is in deutschland it does, but when she is in the usa...chances are not many would know what an umlaut is~~~!
2006-08-29 04:20:02 · answer #7 · answered by evanlah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, what it should have are those two funny little dots over the U instead.
2006-08-29 04:22:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I don't think so.
If it should, it could also be spelled Kluem when needed (in her email address for example).
2006-08-29 05:48:26 · answer #9 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why in the world should we care?
2006-08-29 04:19:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋