How to type German special characters

	WINDOWS *Hold ALT + type on Number Pad*	MAC
ä	ALT + 0228 or 132	OPTION + U, release then type A
ö	ALT + 0246 or 148	OPTION + U, release then type O
ü	ALT + 0252 or 129	OPTION + U, release then type U

Ä	ALT + 0196 or 142	OPTION + U, release then type SHIFT + A
Ö	ALT + 0214 or 153	OPTION + U, release then type SHIFT + O
Ü	ALT + 0220 or 154	OPTION + U, release then type SHIFT + U

ß	ALT + 0223 or 225	OPTION + S

€	ALT + 0128	SHIFT + OPTION + 2

	MOBILE	HTML
ä	Hold down A until options appear, then choose ä.	ä
ö	Hold down O until options appear, then choose ö.	ö
ü	Hold down U until options appear, then choose ü.	ü

Ä	Activate SHIFT, hold down A until options appear, then choose Ä.	Ä
Ö	Activate SHIFT, hold down A until options appear, then choose Ö.	Ö
Ü	Activate SHIFT, hold down A until options appear, then choose Ü.	Ü

ß	Hold down S until options appear, then choose ß.	ß

€	Hold down $ until options appear, then choose €.	€

Ramón says:
February 11, 2015 at 10:41 AM
Very useful this information!!
Thanks a lot for sharing it!!
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Norman Lange says:
December 1, 2018 at 7:55 AM
Just stumbled onto this. Great information
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Sandra Van Valkenburg says:
April 16, 2020 at 9:27 AM
Thank you so much. In a word document, you can also type (simultaneously) control, shift and the colon/semicolon buttons, release them and type the vowel you need an umlaut for. For the scharfes s, type control, shift and 7, release, type an s.
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- TheGermanProfessor says:
  September 25, 2021 at 10:16 PM
  Oh my gosh … I am learning that from you for the very first time today. How did I not know that?! Vielen Dank!