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For example, the following series has been both entertaining and informative, taking us through Dino’s experiences as he leaves home to learn another language overseas. One learning technique that I think is a great idea is that of reading and then discussing German short stories. Classes provide structure to the week’s routine. Translated from German, the word umlaut means changed sound, and it refers to the historical vowel changes that umlauts originally marked within a German word. It can also refer to the process where a vowel sound shifted in the past. It’s a skill that can come in very handy during travel pursuits. The word umlaut actually doesn’t only mean the marks themselves however. Learning a new language is an ideal activity to take up in retirement. They are part of the alphabet, and you won’t believe it NOT for grammatical reasons. I have met many a good friend via my German lessons. Only three vowels the a, o, and u qualify for leading a secret life as umlauts. Face-to-Face Language ClassesĪs an aside, not only are classes very important when learning a language, they ae also very sociable. For example vowels with umlauts can be found in French, Spanish, Danish, Welsh, Dutch and Luxembourgish to name just a few.

What amazed me, when doing some additional research, is just how many languages use umlauts. With respect to emails written in Gmail, if you don’t have the language choice option on your computer, Gmail itself provides this option.

Type the letter that requires an umlaut.Įven if you do have the option for different languages on your computer, these 2 steps above can provide a quick and easy (lazy for me) way to insert an umlaut in Word without the need for switching languages.

Press the Ctrl key + the Shift Key + the colon key (:) (all 3 at the same time).

So these 2 steps provide a very quick solution in Microsoft Word. In addition, shortcut keys can be a solution if you don’t have multiple language support in your particular computer. For example, I often find myself typing zou instead of you, forgetting that in the German keyboard, for example, the ‘z’ character is now found in the ‘y’ character position. Switching languages within your computer is one answer, but if you are like me and tend to toggle between the 2 languages, then you could end up with a few typos. Shortcut Keys to Type an Umlaut in Microsoft Word Similarly if I want to type the German word for ‘building’ (Gebäude), I can get the letter ‘a’ with an umlaut by typing the key for the apostrophe character. I can get the letter ‘u’ with an umlaut by typing the ‘[‘ character. Now let’s say I want to type the German words for ‘the refrigerator’ (der Kühlschrank). An Umlaut Example Using My Keyboard with German Language Selected However, then half of your screen is covered by the on-screen overlay. An exception is if you bring up the on-screen keyboard that comes with your laptop. Using the Hotkey shortcuts will enable you to officially write in German.

Obviously accents are very important in language when spoken and equally as important when written.

#A with umlaut in word how to#

Now, obviously the keys on my keyboard look the same as before but now take on the behaviour of the screen dump above. Today I'm going to show you how to add German accents to letters in Microsoft Word 2010 when using an English keyboard.