A umlaut german A-Umlaut in der deutschen Sprache I think you know the answer. These German vowels are pronounced differently. 1 Einführung in A-Umlaut April 12, Author. Marie Schmoll. 2 A-Umlaut: Geschichte und Entwicklung The German alphabet consists of 26 basic letters. There are also umlauted forms. 3 A-Umlaut: Aussprache und Verwendung Als Umlaut wird in der Sprachwissenschaft eine besondere Weise des Lautwandels von Vokalen bezeichnet, [1] wie sie beispielhaft für verschiedene germanische Sprachen beschrieben ist. Im Mittelhochdeutschen sind weitere umgelautete Vokale schriftlich repräsentiert, in neuhochdeutscher Sprache mit eigenen Graphemen , heute oft den Umlaut buchstaben ä, ö und ü. 4 Umlauts are characterized by the two dots on top of the letter and they are very useful for learning German. They are crucial in being grammatically correct and pronouncing the words right. To make matters more complicated, each of these umlauts has two variations. 5 How to write Umlaut ä, ü, ö, ß without a German keyboard. To write German on a PC or a phone correctly you will make use of Umlauts (the letters with the dots above them). ß (scharfes S) is technically not an Umlaut, but is included here for completeness. 6 How to Type a German Umlaut or ß (Eszett) with Unicode. If you want to use the German umlauts but don’t have a German keyboard, there is still a way. Simply use the ALT key on your keyboard, hold down the ALT key, type the 4 numbers, and then release the ALT key: ä = ALT+ ö = ALT+ 7 Umlaut-A Ä in German Sign Language. A similar glyph, A with umlaut, appears in the German alphabet. It represents the umlauted form of a (when short), resulting in (or for many speakers) in the case of the long and in the case of the short. In German, it is called Ä (pronounced) or Umlaut-A. 8 The three German Umlaut letters are “ä” as in “ März ”, “ö” as in “ Königin ”, and “ü” as in “ Glück ”. Originally, “ä”, “ö” and “ü” were considered variants of the base letters “a”, “o”, and “u”, but since the spelling reform in , they’re officially recognized as separate letters. Let’s have a closer look at each one of them! The Ä. 9 Press hold ALT key and type a number on the number pad (ALT + = ä) ALT = ß. ALT = ä. ALT = ö. ALT = ü. ALT = Ä. ALT = Ö. ALT = Ü. Do let me know if you require any further help on this. 10 The German Umlaute are the vowels a, o, u with two dots above. 11