All about umlauts - Usage and pronunciation | The Coffee Break German Show 1.03

‼️ FREE LESSON GIVEAWAY: Get 5 free video lessons from the Coffee Break German Club - exclusive to our TH-cam Subscribers bit.ly/cbgtv In this episode of The Coffee Break German Show we are focusing on pronunciation! In particular we learn how to pronounce letters with an umlaut and its different uses in German. By the end of this episode you will know exactly when and why we use an umlaut!
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[@malikdesilva6574]

gut gemacht..danke shÖn!

[@steverobinson9801]

I like your German Coffee Breaks. Listening to the pronunciation is very helpful for me Umlauts on Windows English keyboard: Ä=Alt 142, ä=Alt 0228, Ö-Alt 153, ö=Alt 0246, Ü=Alt 154, ü=Alt 0252. Also ß=Alt 0223. I think Apple users can use the CMD key for the Alt key.

[@softwaretechnologyengineering]

The best way to handle typing umlauts I believe, is to just install the German keyboard in your operating system. Its easy to do and a quick Google will get you the instructions for your particular operating system. Once installed, for either Windows or Linux its a simple selector on the taskbar to switch between your native language layout and the German one. You will be phyiscally typing on a keyboard which corresponds to your own region, but the buttons will behave as though you are using a German keyboard. So for a British layout the umlauts are on the ; ' and [ keys. The numbers and letters are mostly the same place except Y and Z which are switched with each other. Symbols are in different places on the German layout, but they aren't used so often. Keeping a picture of the German layout helps when starting out, so you can refer to it and find the right keys. There's a bit of a learning curve but its worth the effort. Its also requires such low effort to install a German keyboard, you might as well just try it out for a while.

[@michaelheslop]

Subtitles which are not auto generated so we can see the words written down when you are speaking would be great, thanks for a great show!