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German Alphabet Special Characters

List of Alt Codes for special letters(umlaut, eszett) in the German alphabet. Learn how to type German special letters by using their Alt Codes.

LetterLetter TypeAlt Code
ÄUppercase Umlaut (A)0196
ÖUppercase Umlaut (O)0214
ÜUppercase Umlaut (U)0220
ßEszett (ss)0223
äLowercase Umlaut (a)0228
öLowercase Umlaut (o)0246
üLowercase Umlaut (u)0252

How to type special German letters by using their Alt Codes?

  • Make sure you switch on the NumLock,
  • press and hold down the Alt key,
  • type the Alt Code value of the special German letter, for example, for eszett, type 0223 on the numeric pad,
  • release the Alt key and you got ß.

*You must type, preceding 0.

** Above mentioned procedure is not aplicable for MacOS.

For more information on how to use charecters, symbols, and emojis please check our How to use Alt-Codes? page.