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Meaning of heavy metal umlaut | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An umlaut (“diacritical mark”) over a letter in the name of a heavy metal band, added gratuitously for mere stylistic effect.

Equivalents

Nederlands metalumlaut

Svenska heavy metal-prickar

Examples

“Blue Öyster Cult Too clever by half to be heavy-metallers (though not too clever to deploy a Heavy Metal umlaut), the Cult's list of listenable songs goes nowhere near eleven.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

heavy mob heavy petting heavy piece heavy plough heavy rail heavy roller