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Umlauts are vowels with the little dot-dot things on top, like this: JürgenHermann.

In German, if you're on a system which can't manage umlauts, it's OK to remove the diaresis(sp?) and add an "e". So it's OK to write JürgenHermann's name as JuergenHermann. This doesn't apply in all languages, so in English/French one converts naïve to naive, not naieve.

So, this is the translation table:

  • ä ==> ae

  • ö ==> oe

  • ü ==> ue

  • Ä ==> Ae

  • Ö ==> Oe

  • Ü ==> Ue

  • ß ==> ss (sz in Switzerland)

    • Actually, sz is just for the old fashioned. Neither ß nor sz have ever been in use in Switzerland.

GermanUmlauts (last edited 2008-06-26 09:59:44 by anonymous)