What Is the Double acute? Meaning, Letters and How to Type It
Two slanted lines above a vowel, found only in Hungarian: ő and ű are the long forms of ö and ü.
Letters with the double acute: ő ű
Combining character: U+030B
What the double acute does
Two slanted lines above a vowel, found only in Hungarian: ő and ű are the long forms of ö and ü. Unicode encodes 4 precomposed letters with this mark as their first diacritic, and the combining form U+030B can add it to any other letter.
Languages that use it
All lowercase letters with the double acute
Codes and shortcuts
| Letter | Name | Unicode | Alt code | Mac |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ő | o with double acute | U+0151 | — | — |
| ű | u with double acute | U+0171 | — | — |
How to type it on any letter
On Windows, hold Alt and type the code from the table, or type the letter followed by U+030B in Word and press Alt+X. On a Mac, use Unicode Hex Input: type the letter, then hold Option and type 030B. On a Chromebook, type the letter, then Ctrl+Shift+U, 030b, Space.
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