additional note: In the old German Schrift (or not even that old) you often find a more or less sloppy open circle (or just half-circle) over the letter "u". This merely indicates that this letter is a "u" , as opposed to an "n"; as both the "u" and the "n" are often written by the exact same straight up-an-down strokes closely following each other which makes it hard to distinguish between them. Therefore that dash over the "u". On the other hand, the real German Umlaut (ü) with two dots or short vertical strokes over the "a, u, o" changes the pronunciation. Hanneli