Archive:Introduction to German

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• Course code: ALAU101:
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• Faculty: Humanities
• School: School:Language and Literature
• Department: Topic:Language Aquisition
• Stream German Stream
• Level: Beginner

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How to type German characters into the computer

Windows

(for these characters ensure that the num lock is on)

• For ä, hold down Alt, and press the numbers 1, 3, 2 on the keypad. Then release the Alt button.
• For Ä, hold down Alt, and press the numbers 1, 4, 2 on the keypad. Then release the Alt button.
• For ö, hold down Alt, and press the numbers 1, 4, 8 on the keypad. Then release the Alt button.
• For Ö, hold down Alt, and press the numbers 1, 5, 3 on the keypad. Then release the Alt button.
• For ü, hold down Alt, and press the numbers 1, 2, 9 on the keypad. Then release the Alt button.
• For Ü, hold down Alt, and press the numbers 1, 5, 4 on the keypad. Then release the Alt button.
• For ß, hold down Alt, and press the numbers 2, 2, 5 on the keypad. Then release the Alt button.

Mac

• For ü, ö, and ä, hold down option-u, release, and type u, o, or a.
• For ß type option-s.

GNU/Linux

Set up a key on the keyboard as the compose key. In GNOME this can be found in via the System -> Preferences -> Keyboard utility, on the Layout Options tab. To type an a letter with an umlaut, press the compose key followed by " and then the desired letter. To type the letter ß, press the compose key followed by the s key twice.

Vocabulary

Tag (day) Nacht (Night)

Greetings

Guten Morgen (Good Morning) Guten Tag (Good Day ~ Good Afternoon) Note: Germans Don't normally say Good Afternoon Guten Mittag - Good noon. Guten Nachmittag - If a German says Good Afternoon, this is what they will say Guten Abend (Good Evening ~ After Work; regional? past 17:00 or 18:00) Gute Nacht (Good Night ~ resevered for right before bedtime) Hallo (Hello) Moin, Moin! - Said in North Germany Grūss Gott (God's greetings -- used predominantly in the South of Germany such as Bavaria and Munich and in Austria)

Numbers

eins (1), zwei (2), drei (3), vier (4), fünf (5), sechs (6), sieben (7), acht (8), neun (9), zehn (10), elf (11), zwölf (12), dreizehn (13), vierzehn (14), fünfzehn (15), sechzehn (16), siebzehn (17), achtzehn (18), neunzehn (19), zwanzig (20), einundzwanzig (21), zweiundzwanzig (22), dreiundzwanzig (23), vierundzwanzig (24), fünfundzwanzig (25), sechsundzwanzig (26), siebenundzwanzig (27), achtundzwanzig (28), neunundzwanzig (29), dreißig (30), vierzig (40), fünfzig (50), sechzig (60), siebzig (70), achtzig (80), neunzig (90), (ein)hundert (100)

Sports

(der)Fußball (Soccer) (der)Amerikanische Fußball (Football)

Important verbs

Verb tables below

• Sein
• Haben
• Modal verbs
• Regular verbs

Assignments

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

Active participants

• Exorcist_bob
• MjVP13
• Daniel M. Roberts
• HappyCamper
• --Smithgrrl 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!