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How to type the German letters äöüß

Article about: Hi everybody. I don't know if this topic has already been covered elsewhere or not, but if it hasn't, here goes. Like most people outside of the German-speaking world, my keyboard doesn't ty

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    Thanks Greg for the list..I just copied and pasted the character that I need ... " Heißt "
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    Very Cool.
    Thanks!!


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    Phil

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    Here's a list Wifey made for me lots of years ago. Also on Windows you can find them in your character map.

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    Thänks för thät.....

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    I'm lazy and just put an "e" after the vowel that requires the umlaut or type ss which has the same grammatical effect.

    Before computers or even word processors were in such common use this is what we did in Germany using english typwriters. I stand to be corrected but I was always taught that it is completely acceptable and is what the Germans do if they don't have the german style of keyboard.

    It certainly never caused any reaction from my German colleagues (mostly German Police who do like their "I's" dotted and "T's" crossed ) and in fact was appreciated over just doing without the umlaut and other characters as it showed you were making the effort and did have at least some understanding of the language!

    Good tip though if you need to have it "just so"

    Regards

    Mark
    "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

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    Mark is right.

    If they are unavailable for technical reasons, it is perfectly acceptable to replace the Umlauts with ae, oe and ue and the "ß" with "ss" or "sz"*.

    This was/is also done in Germany with telegrams and telexes of yore or, more recently, internet domains.



    (* Never, ever, replace the "ß" with a "B" just because it looks similiar. Everytime I see this, it drives me up the wall.)

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    Quote by HPL2008 View Post
    (* Never, ever, replace the "ß" with a "B" just because it looks similiar. Everytime I see this, it drives me up the wall.)
    Yep, I fully appreciate that Andreas!

    A schoolboy error that makes one look a total "B" (insert appropriate expletive!) I have seen the look of total contempt aimed at the unfortunates who have done this and admit to a degree of schadenfreude when it was never me

    Regards

    Mark
    "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

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    Quote by MAP View Post
    Nice! But now I have to remember all these numbers
    I just cut and paste the examples into a Word document and save it to my desk top

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