LL-L "Names" 2007.05.23 (07) [E]

Wed May 23 20:46:55 UTC 2007

L O W L A N D S - L  -  23 May 2007 - Volume 07

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From: Heiko Evermann <heiko.evermann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L German place names with initial Umlaut

For place names with an initial Umlaut there seems to be a strange rule in
German.
It is "Uelzen" (not "Ülzen")
or "Uetersen" (not "Ütersen")

This is also done for Ö. I do not know any Examples with Ä/Ae.

This is only done in place names. Other nouns are not subject to this rule.

Does anybody know about the reasons for this rule or its history?

Kind regards,

Heiko Evermann
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