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How to type German characters into the computer

Windows
  • 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 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), 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

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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