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Represents a double acute accent mark placed above a letter, commonly used in Hungarian orthography.

Overview

Primarily used in typesetting Hungarian texts where the double acute accent (Hungarian umlaut) is required to indicate a long version of certain vowels. This diacritical mark appears in several important contexts:

  • Essential for proper Hungarian language typography
  • Distinguishes between short and long variants of ő and ű
  • Occasionally needed in scholarly linguistics work
  • Must be used with the \text command or in text mode for proper rendering

Examples

Showing the Hungarian double acute accent on a vowel in text mode

TheHungarianwordfor"twenty"ishu˝szThe Hungarian word for "twenty" is \text{h\H{u}sz} 
The Hungarian word for "twenty" is \text{h\H{u}sz}

Multiple Hungarian accents in a linguistics example

Hungarianvowelswithdoubleacute:o˝, u˝, O˝, U˝Hungarian vowels with double acute: \text{\H{o}, \H{u}, \H{O}, \H{U}} 
Hungarian vowels with double acute: \text{\H{o}, \H{u}, \H{O}, \H{U}}

Comparing regular and double acute accents in Hungarian

Regularo(o)vs.doubleacuteo(o˝)Regular o (o) vs. double acute o (\text{\H{o}}) 
Regular o (o) vs. double acute o (\text{\H{o}})