How to type the German letters äöüß

[thecyclist64]

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 type umlauts (the two dots above the vowel).

I have just found this guidance on the net for those of us without a German keyboard.

Press and hold down the ALT key whilst typing:
0196 for Ä
0228 for ä
0214 for Ö
0246 for ö
0220 for Ü
0252 for ü
0223 for ß
NB: You must use the numbers keypad and not the numbers above the letters. Also NUM LOCK must be on.

Try it for yourselves, it wörks.

[BlackCat1982]

Fortunately my iPad gives the option to add umlauts etc simply by pressing and holding the respective keys on the keyboard.

[thecyclist64]

if I do that with my keyboard, I get a continuous line of aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Jb4046]

if I do that with my keyboard, I get a continuous line of aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Not sure why that made me laugh hahaha

Ääääää

[Gwar]

Good information to have .. Thanks for posting Ä

[MAP]

Nice! But now I have to remember all these numbers

[lebus12]

Many thanks!!!

[BlackCat1982]

if I do that with my keyboard, I get a continuous line of aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

The WRF requires that you use the correct German spelling for this, namely ääääääää!!

[JMM]

Thanks. Very usefül

[Chopperman]

Here is a list of characters that can be used --

Special Characters — Alt Keyboard Sequences