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The key with ∷ four dots is the margin release. [4] The arrow key under TAB is the ↣ Backspace key, [5] which is pointing in the direction the paper would move rather than the way a cursor would move (as on a modern computer keyboard). Detail of a keyboard of a German IBM Portable PC 5155, produced about 1984–85
When typing German with a keyboard that doesn't have umlaut letters, it is usual to replace them with the underlying vowel followed by an e . So, for example, "Schröder" becomes "Schroeder". As the pronunciation differs greatly between the normal letter and the umlaut, simply omitting the dots would be incorrect.
These combinations are intended to be mnemonic and designed to be easy to remember: the circumflex accent (e.g. â) is similar to the free-standing circumflex (caret) (^), printed above the 6 key; the diaeresis/umlaut (e.g. ö) is visually similar to the double-quote (") above 2 on the UK keyboard; the tilde (~) is printed on the same key as the #.
Letters with umlaut on a German computer keyboard. Character encoding generally treats the umlaut and the diaeresis as the same diacritic mark. Unicode refers to both as diaereses without making any distinction, although the term itself has a more precise literary meaning .
To use alt key codes for keyboard shortcut symbols you’ll need to have this enabled. If you’re using a laptop, your number pad is probably integrated to save space. No problem! Just hit the Fn ...
The ß key (as well as Ä, Ö, and Ü) on a 1964 German typewriter. In Germany and Austria, a 'ß' key is present on computer and typewriter keyboards, normally to the right-hand end on the number row. The German typewriter keyboard layout was defined in DIN 2112, first issued in 1928. [49]
Ü (lowercase ü) is a Latin script character composed of the letter U and the diaeresis diacritical mark. In some alphabets such as those of a number of Romance languages or Guarani it denotes an instance of regular U to be construed in isolation from adjacent characters with which it would usually form a larger unit; other alphabets like the Azerbaijani, Estonian, German, Hungarian and ...
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