All about umlauts - Usage and pronunciation | The Coffee Break German Show 1.03

[@malikdesilva6574]

gut gemacht..danke shÖn!

[@steverobinson9801]

I like your German Coffee Breaks. Listening to the pronunciation is very helpful for me Umlauts on Windows English keyboard: Ä=Alt 142, ä=Alt 0228, Ö-Alt 153, ö=Alt 0246, Ü=Alt 154, ü=Alt 0252. Also ß=Alt 0223. I think Apple users can use the CMD key for the Alt key.

[@softwaretechnologyengineering]

The best way to handle typing umlauts I believe, is to just install the German keyboard in your operating system. Its easy to do and a quick Google will get you the instructions for your particular operating system. Once installed, for either Windows or Linux its a simple selector on the taskbar to switch between your native language layout and the German one. You will be phyiscally typing on a keyboard which corresponds to your own region, but the buttons will behave as though you are using a German keyboard. So for a British layout the umlauts are on the ; ' and [ keys. The numbers and letters are mostly the same place except Y and Z which are switched with each other. Symbols are in different places on the German layout, but they aren't used so often. Keeping a picture of the German layout helps when starting out, so you can refer to it and find the right keys. There's a bit of a learning curve but its worth the effort. Its also requires such low effort to install a German keyboard, you might as well just try it out for a while.

[@michaelheslop]

Subtitles which are not auto generated so we can see the words written down when you are speaking would be great, thanks for a great show!