German brands such as Dürr and Jägermeister have faced issues from customers in countries such as China, as the umlaut — the dotted accent added to the letters a, o, or u —leads to pronunciation ...

If the heavy metal umlaut demonstrates anything, it is a simultaneous dissatisfaction with English and an inability to escape it. To adorn an English band name or album title with an umlaut reveals an ...

1. The word "umlaut" comes from one of the Brothers Grimm. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. From our morning ...

For Mötley Crüe, inspiration struck—as it often does—while under the influence. It was the early 1980s, and bandmates Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, and Nikki Sixx were imbibing Löwenbräu beer, a German ...