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«ü» is a vowel of the Turkish script, read as “‘ee’ with rounded lips”. Say “ee” and round your lips tightly, keeping the tongue forward. For example, in the word “güle güle” — goodbye (to the one leaving). The Turkish alphabet has 29 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. It appears, for example, in the word “teşekkürler” — thanks.
In short
| Character | Ü ü |
| Sound | “ee” with rounded lips |
| What it is | a vowel |
In our course the character comes 26th of 29, its neighbours in the course are u and v, appears in 404 words of this site.
How to type Ü ü
- On a phone: press and hold u on the keyboard, and ü appears among the variants. If it does not, add the Turkish keyboard in the keyboard settings.
- In Word on Windows: type U+00FC and press Alt+X right after it — the code turns into the character.
- On a Mac: switch to the Unicode Hex Input source, hold Option and type 00FC.
- Unicode code points: ü — U+00FC, Ü — U+00DC. With them, the characters can be found in the character map of any system.
How it sounds
Say “ee” and round your lips tightly, keeping the tongue forward
The character in a word
A lone character is hard to remember: memory holds on to meaning, and a letter has none. The word it stands in provides that anchor.
- goodbye (to the one leaving)
The character in the “eight vowels instead of five” group
The whole grammar rests on them: an ending bends to the last vowel of the stem (vowel harmony). Back vowels — a, ı, o, u; front vowels — e, i, ö, ü.
Words with this character
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound (for «ü» it is “‘ee’ with rounded lips”, as in the word “güle güle”), see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 29 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Turkish character ü read?
As “‘ee’ with rounded lips” — it is a vowel of the Turkish script. Say “ee” and round your lips tightly, keeping the tongue forward. For example, in the word “güle güle” — goodbye (to the one leaving).