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How to type German characters into the computer

Typing German characters on a PC

  • 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.

Typing German characters on a Mac

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

Vocabulary

Tag (day)

Greetings

Guten Morgen (Good Morning) Guten Tag (Good Day ~ Good Afternoon) Note: Germans Don't normally say Good Afternoon Guten Abend (Good Evening ~ After Work; regional? past 17:00 or 18:00) Gute Nacht (Good Night ~ resevered for right before bedtime) Hallo (Hello) Grūss Gott (God's greetings -- used predominantly in the South of Germany, in Bavaria and Munich)

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), sechszehn (16) siebzehn (17), achtzehn (18), neunzehn (19), zwanzig (20), einundzwanzig (21), zweiundzwanzig (22), dreiundzwanzig (23) vierundzwanzig (24), fünfundzwanzig (25), sechundzwanzig (26) siebundzwanzig (27), achtundzwanzig (28), neunundzwanzig (29) dreißig (30), vierzig (40), fünfzig (50), sechzig (60) siebzig (70), achtzig (80), neunzig (90), einhundert (100)

Sports

Fußball (Soccer)

Important verbs

Verb tables below

Assignments

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


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