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.
Letter | Letter Type | Alt Code |
---|---|---|
Ä | Uppercase Umlaut (A) | 0196 |
Ö | Uppercase Umlaut (O) | 0214 |
Ü | Uppercase Umlaut (U) | 0220 |
ß | Eszett (ss) | 0223 |
ä | Lowercase Umlaut (a) | 0228 |
ö | Lowercase Umlaut (o) | 0246 |
ü | Lowercase 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.