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  2. German orthography - Wikipedia

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    For the distinction between [ ], / / and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. German orthography is the orthography used in writing the German language, which is largely phonemic. However, it shows many instances of spellings that are historic or analogous to other spellings rather than phonemic.

  3. Umlaut (diacritic) - Wikipedia

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    Umlaut (diacritic) Umlaut (/ ˈʊmlaʊt /) is a name for the two dots diacritical mark ( ̈) as used to indicate in writing (as part of the letters ä , ö , and ü ) the result of the historical sound shift due to which former back vowels are now pronounced as front vowels (for example [a], [ɔ], and [ʊ] as [ɛ], [œ], and [ʏ]).

  4. Diacritic - Wikipedia

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    A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, "distinguishing"), from διακρίνω (diakrínō, "to distinguish"). The word diacritic is a noun, though it is sometimes used in ...

  5. German keyboard layout - Wikipedia

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    German keyboard layout "T2" according to DIN 2137-1:2012-06. Clickable image: Click on any symbol to open the Wikipedia article on that symbol. The characters ², ³, {, [, ], }, \, @, |, µ, ~, and € are accessed by holding the AltGr key and tapping the other key. The Alt key on the left will not access these additional characters.

  6. Combining character - Wikipedia

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    Combining characters have been used to create Zalgo text, which is text that appears "corrupted" or "creepy" due to an overuse of combining characters. This causes the text to extend vertically, overlapping other text. [2] This is mostly used in horror contexts on the Internet.

  7. Two dots (diacritic) - Wikipedia

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    Diacritical marks of two dots ¨, placed side-by-side over or under a letter, are used in several languages for several different purposes. The most familiar to English-language speakers are the diaeresis and the umlaut, though there are numerous others. For example, in Albanian, ë represents a schwa.

  8. English terms with diacritical marks - Wikipedia

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    Diacritical Marks, also known as 'diacritics', are orthographical characters that indicate a special phonetic quality for a given character. They occur mostly in foreign languages. But in English a fair number of imported terms have diacritical marks". ^ a b Burchfield, R.W. (1996). Fowlers's Modern English Usage (3 ed.).

  9. 96 Shortcuts for Accents and Symbols: A Cheat Sheet

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    However, if there are some accents you’re using all the time, it might be easier just to memorize the Mac keyboard shortcut. COMMAND. ACTION. opt + `, (shift for uppercase) + vowel. à, è, ì ...