noun🔗ShareThe substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get and got; sing and song; hang and hung, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel."The English verb conjugations "swim, swam, swum" provide a clear example of ablauts. "languagelinguisticsgrammarphoneticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel."In English class, we learned that the vowel in the word "sing" ablauts to "sang" in the past tense and then to "sung" in the past participle. "languagelinguisticsphoneticsgrammarwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause to change a vowel."The language teacher ablauts "sing" to "sang" when explaining irregular verb conjugations to her students. "languagelinguisticsphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
