The term UMLAUT PAIR is a combination of two words, Umlaut and Pair. Umlaut is a diacritic mark, which is a symbol added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation or a grammatical change. It is commonly used in German and other languages. A pair is two similar things that are matched together. In this case, the Umlaut Pair refers to two Umlauts that are placed together over a single letter. The crossword solution for this term is DOTS, which refers to the two DOTS that are placed above a letter to form an Umlaut.