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German

Required characters

U00C4

decimal: Ä
UTF-8 (c3, 84) Ä
name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
old name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A DIAERESIS
Adobe glyph name: Adieresis
mnemonic name(s): <A:>
HTML 4 mnemonic name:&Auml;
category: Lu (Letter, Uppercase)
combining: 0
decomposition info: 0041 0308
comment:
found in charsets: CP775 (8E); 8859-15 (C4); CP1250 (C4); 8859-3 (C4); CENTEURO (80); CP1258 (C4); 8859-10 (C4); 8859-9 (C4); ROMAN (80); 8859-2 (C4); CP857 (8E); CP1252 (C4); CP437 (8E); 8859-4 (C4); CP1122 (7B); CP1254 (C4); SAMI_MAC (80); CP852 (8E); CP865 (8E); CP861 (8E); 8859-13 (C4); CP850 (8E); CP1257 (C4); 8859-1 (C4); CP1116 (8E); SAMI_WIN (C4); 8859-14 (C4); 8859-16 (C4); VENTURA_INT (8E);
found in languages: lb [Luxembourgian]; yap [Yapese]; fi [Finnish]; et [Estonian]; de [German]; sami1 [Inari Sámi]; nl [Dutch]; sk [Slovak]; cy [Welsh]; sami3 [Lule Sámi]; fy [Frisian]; sv [Swedish]; dink [Dinka]; az [Azerbaijani]; livo [Livonian]; sami4 [Skolt Sámi]; sami5 [South Sámi]; tk [Turkmen]; sl [Slovenian];
used in romanization of: tk_r [Turkmen (cyrillic)]; kk_r [Kazakh (cyrillic)];
lowercase: 00E4

U00E4

decimal: &#228;
UTF-8 (c3, a4) ä
name: LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
old name: LATIN SMALL LETTER A DIAERESIS
Adobe glyph name: adieresis
mnemonic name(s): <a:>
HTML 4 mnemonic name:&auml;
category: Ll (Letter, Lowercase)
combining: 0
decomposition info: 0061 0308
comment:
found in charsets: CP775 (84); 8859-15 (E4); CP1250 (E4); 8859-3 (E4); CENTEURO (8A); CP1258 (E4); 8859-10 (E4); 8859-9 (E4); ROMAN (8A); 8859-2 (E4); CP857 (84); CP1252 (E4); CP437 (84); 8859-4 (E4); CP1122 (C0); CP1254 (E4); SAMI_MAC (8A); CP852 (84); CP865 (84); CP861 (84); 8859-13 (E4); CP850 (84); CP1257 (E4); 8859-1 (E4); CP1116 (84); SAMI_WIN (E4); 8859-14 (E4); 8859-16 (E4); VENTURA_INT (84);
found in languages: lb [Luxembourgian]; yap [Yapese]; fi [Finnish]; et [Estonian]; de [German]; sami1 [Inari Sámi]; nl [Dutch]; sk [Slovak]; cy [Welsh]; sami3 [Lule Sámi]; fy [Frisian]; sv [Swedish]; dink [Dinka]; az [Azerbaijani]; livo [Livonian]; sami4 [Skolt Sámi]; sami5 [South Sámi]; tk [Turkmen]; sl [Slovenian];
used in romanization of: tk_r [Turkmen (cyrillic)]; kk_r [Kazakh (cyrillic)];
uppercase: 00C4

U00D6

decimal: &#214;
UTF-8 (c3, 96) Ö
name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
old name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O DIAERESIS
Adobe glyph name: Odieresis
mnemonic name(s): <O:>
HTML 4 mnemonic name:&Ouml;
category: Lu (Letter, Uppercase)
combining: 0
decomposition info: 004F 0308
comment:
found in charsets: CP775 (99); 8859-15 (D6); CP1250 (D6); 8859-3 (D6); CENTEURO (85); CP1258 (D6); 8859-10 (D6); 8859-9 (D6); ROMAN (85); 8859-2 (D6); CP857 (99); CP1252 (D6); CP437 (99); 8859-4 (D6); CP1122 (7C); CP1254 (D6); SAMI_MAC (85); CP852 (99); CP865 (99); CP861 (99); 8859-13 (D6); CP850 (99); CP1257 (D6); 8859-1 (D6); CP1116 (99); SAMI_WIN (D6); 8859-14 (D6); 8859-16 (D6); VENTURA_INT (99);
found in languages: lb [Luxembourgian]; yap [Yapese]; fi [Finnish]; tr [Turkish]; et [Estonian]; de [German]; nl [Dutch]; cy [Welsh]; fy [Frisian]; sv [Swedish]; dink [Dinka]; az [Azerbaijani]; is [Icelandic]; sami5 [South Sámi]; tk [Turkmen]; sl [Slovenian]; hu [Hungarian];
used in romanization of: ky_r [Kyrgyz (cyrillic)]; mn_r [Mongolian (cyrillic)]; tk_r [Turkmen (cyrillic)]; kk_r [Kazakh (cyrillic)];
lowercase: 00F6

U00F6

decimal: &#246;
UTF-8 (c3, b6) ö
name: LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
old name: LATIN SMALL LETTER O DIAERESIS
Adobe glyph name: odieresis
mnemonic name(s): <o:>
HTML 4 mnemonic name:&ouml;
category: Ll (Letter, Lowercase)
combining: 0
decomposition info: 006F 0308
comment:
found in charsets: CP775 (94); 8859-15 (F6); CP1250 (F6); 8859-3 (F6); CENTEURO (9A); CP1258 (F6); 8859-10 (F6); 8859-9 (F6); ROMAN (9A); 8859-2 (F6); CP857 (94); CP1252 (F6); CP437 (94); 8859-4 (F6); CP1122 (6A); CP1254 (F6); SAMI_MAC (9A); CP852 (94); CP865 (94); CP861 (94); 8859-13 (F6); CP850 (94); CP1257 (F6); 8859-1 (F6); CP1116 (94); SAMI_WIN (F6); 8859-14 (F6); 8859-16 (F6); VENTURA_INT (94);
found in languages: lb [Luxembourgian]; yap [Yapese]; fi [Finnish]; tr [Turkish]; et [Estonian]; de [German]; nl [Dutch]; cy [Welsh]; fy [Frisian]; sv [Swedish]; dink [Dinka]; az [Azerbaijani]; is [Icelandic]; sami5 [South Sámi]; tk [Turkmen]; sl [Slovenian]; hu [Hungarian];
used in romanization of: ky_r [Kyrgyz (cyrillic)]; mn_r [Mongolian (cyrillic)]; tk_r [Turkmen (cyrillic)]; kk_r [Kazakh (cyrillic)];
uppercase: 00D6

U00DF

decimal: &#223;
UTF-8 (c3, 9f) ß
name: LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
old name:
Adobe glyph name: germandbls
mnemonic name(s): <ss>
HTML 4 mnemonic name:&szlig;
category: Ll (Letter, Lowercase)
combining: 0
comment: German
Note: ß is unique to the German language in Germany and Austria, Swiss German uses ss. The recent spelling reform in Germany also mandated ss in several contexts -- ß is retained at the end of the stem after a long vowel or diphthong. ß is not treated as a ligature (s+z). Also called eszet or sharp s.
found in charsets: CP863 (E1); CP775 (E1); 8859-15 (DF); CP1250 (DF); 8859-3 (DF); CENTEURO (A7); CP1258 (DF); 8859-10 (DF); 8859-9 (DF); ROMAN (A7); CP862 (E1); 8859-2 (DF); CP857 (E1); CP1252 (DF); CP437 (E1); CP860 (E1); 8859-4 (DF); CP1122 (59); CP1254 (DF); SAMI_MAC (A7); CP852 (E1); CP865 (E1); CP861 (E1); 8859-13 (DF); CP850 (E1); CP1257 (DF); 8859-1 (DF); CP1116 (E1); SAMI_WIN (DF); 8859-14 (DF); 8859-16 (DF); VENTURA_INT (D9);
found in languages: lb [Luxembourgian]; de [German];
used in romanization of:

U00DC

decimal: &#220;
UTF-8 (c3, 9c) Ü
name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
old name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U DIAERESIS
Adobe glyph name: Udieresis
mnemonic name(s): <U:>
HTML 4 mnemonic name:&Uuml;
category: Lu (Letter, Uppercase)
combining: 0
decomposition info: 0055 0308
comment:
found in charsets: CP863 (9A); CP775 (9A); 8859-15 (DC); CP1250 (DC); 8859-3 (DC); CENTEURO (86); CP1258 (DC); 8859-10 (DC); 8859-9 (DC); ROMAN (86); 8859-2 (DC); CP857 (9A); CP1252 (DC); CP437 (9A); CP860 (9A); 8859-4 (DC); CP1122 (FC); CP1254 (DC); SAMI_MAC (86); CP852 (9A); CP865 (9A); CP861 (9A); 8859-13 (DC); CP850 (9A); CP1257 (DC); 8859-1 (DC); CP1116 (9A); SAMI_WIN (DC); 8859-14 (DC); 8859-16 (DC); VENTURA_INT (9A);
found in languages: lb [Luxembourgian]; ca [Catalan]; eu [Basque]; br [Breton]; tr [Turkish]; tt [Tatar]; et [Estonian]; fr [French]; de [German]; nl [Dutch]; ch [Chamorro]; bi [Bislama]; cy [Welsh]; cor [Cornish]; fy [Frisian]; sv [Swedish]; az [Azerbaijani]; gl [Galician]; pt [Portuguese]; tk [Turkmen]; sl [Slovenian]; es [Spanish]; hu [Hungarian];
used in romanization of: ky_r [Kyrgyz (cyrillic)]; mn_r [Mongolian (cyrillic)]; zh_r [Chinese (sino-japanese)]; tk_r [Turkmen (cyrillic)]; kk_r [Kazakh (cyrillic)];
lowercase: 00FC

U00FC

decimal: &#252;
UTF-8 (c3, bc) ü
name: LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
old name: LATIN SMALL LETTER U DIAERESIS
Adobe glyph name: udieresis
mnemonic name(s): <u:>
HTML 4 mnemonic name:&uuml;
category: Ll (Letter, Lowercase)
combining: 0
decomposition info: 0075 0308
comment:
found in charsets: CP863 (81); CP775 (81); 8859-15 (FC); CP1250 (FC); 8859-3 (FC); CENTEURO (9F); CP1258 (FC); 8859-10 (FC); 8859-9 (FC); ROMAN (9F); 8859-2 (FC); CP857 (81); CP1252 (FC); CP437 (81); CP860 (81); 8859-4 (FC); CP1122 (A1); CP1254 (FC); SAMI_MAC (9F); CP852 (81); CP865 (81); CP861 (81); 8859-13 (FC); CP1256 (FC); CP850 (81); CP1257 (FC); 8859-1 (FC); CP1116 (81); SAMI_WIN (FC); 8859-14 (FC); 8859-16 (FC); VENTURA_INT (81);
found in languages: lb [Luxembourgian]; ca [Catalan]; eu [Basque]; br [Breton]; tr [Turkish]; tt [Tatar]; et [Estonian]; fr [French]; de [German]; nl [Dutch]; ch [Chamorro]; bi [Bislama]; cy [Welsh]; cor [Cornish]; fy [Frisian]; sv [Swedish]; az [Azerbaijani]; gl [Galician]; pt [Portuguese]; tk [Turkmen]; sl [Slovenian]; es [Spanish]; hu [Hungarian];
used in romanization of: ky_r [Kyrgyz (cyrillic)]; mn_r [Mongolian (cyrillic)]; zh_r [Chinese (sino-japanese)]; tk_r [Turkmen (cyrillic)]; kk_r [Kazakh (cyrillic)];
uppercase: 00DC

Important characters

U00C0

decimal: &#192;
UTF-8 (c3, 80) À
name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
old name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A GRAVE
Adobe glyph name: Agrave
mnemonic name(s): <A!>
HTML 4 mnemonic name:&Agrave;
category: Lu (Letter, Uppercase)
combining: 0
decomposition info: 0041 0300
comment:
found in charsets: CP863 (8E); 8859-15 (C0); 8859-3 (C0); CP1258 (C0); 8859-9 (C0); ROMAN (CB); CP857 (B7); CP1252 (C0); CP860 (91); CP1122 (64); CP1254 (C0); SAMI_MAC (CB); CP850 (B7); 8859-1 (C0); CP1116 (B7); SAMI_WIN (C0); 8859-14 (C0); 8859-16 (C0); VENTURA_INT (B6);
found in languages: ca [Catalan]; no [Norwegian]; fr [French]; de [German]; wo [Wolof]; rm [(Rhaeto-)Romance]; it [Italian]; gd [Gaelic (Scots)]; mt [Maltese]; cy [Welsh]; oc [Occitan]; sv [Swedish]; tl [Pilipino (Tagalog)]; vi [Vietnamese]; pt [Portuguese]; yo [Yoruba];
used in romanization of: zh_r [Chinese (sino-japanese)];
lowercase: 00E0

U00E0

decimal: &#224;
UTF-8 (c3, a0) à
name: LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
old name: LATIN SMALL LETTER A GRAVE
Adobe glyph name: agrave
mnemonic name(s): <a!>
HTML 4 mnemonic name:&agrave;
category: Ll (Letter, Lowercase)
combining: 0
decomposition info: 0061 0300
comment:
found in charsets: CP863 (85); 8859-15 (E0); 8859-3 (E0); CP1258 (E0); 8859-9 (E0); ROMAN (88); CP857 (85); CP1252 (E0); CP437 (85); CP860 (85); CP1122 (44); CP1254 (E0); SAMI_MAC (88); CP865 (85); CP861 (85); CP1256 (E0); CP850 (85); 8859-1 (E0); CP1116 (85); SAMI_WIN (E0); 8859-14 (E0); 8859-16 (E0); VENTURA_INT (85);
found in languages: ca [Catalan]; no [Norwegian]; fr [French]; de [German]; wo [Wolof]; rm [(Rhaeto-)Romance]; it [Italian]; gd [Gaelic (Scots)]; mt [Maltese]; cy [Welsh]; oc [Occitan]; sv [Swedish]; tl [Pilipino (Tagalog)]; vi [Vietnamese]; pt [Portuguese]; yo [Yoruba];
used in romanization of: zh_r [Chinese (sino-japanese)];
uppercase: 00C0

U00C9

decimal: &#201;
UTF-8 (c3, 89) É
name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
old name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E ACUTE
Adobe glyph name: Eacute
mnemonic name(s): <E'>
HTML 4 mnemonic name:&Eacute;
category: Lu (Letter, Uppercase)
combining: 0
decomposition info: 0045 0301
comment:
found in charsets: CP863 (90); CP775 (90); 8859-15 (C9); CP1250 (C9); 8859-3 (C9); CENTEURO (83); CP1258 (C9); 8859-10 (C9); 8859-9 (C9); ROMAN (83); 8859-2 (C9); CP857 (90); CP1252 (C9); CP437 (90); CP860 (90); 8859-4 (C9); CP1122 (E0); CP1254 (C9); SAMI_MAC (83); CP852 (90); CP865 (90); CP861 (90); 8859-13 (C9); CP850 (90); CP1257 (C9); 8859-1 (C9); CP1116 (90); SAMI_WIN (C9); 8859-14 (C9); 8859-16 (C9); VENTURA_INT (90);
found in languages: lb [Luxembourgian]; ca [Catalan]; kl [Greenlandic]; no [Norwegian]; fr [French]; de [German]; wo [Wolof]; rm [(Rhaeto-)Romance]; af [Afrikaans]; nl [Dutch]; it [Italian]; gd [Gaelic (Scots)]; sk [Slovak]; id [Indonesian]; cs [Czech]; bi [Bislama]; ga [Irish]; cy [Welsh]; oc [Occitan]; wa [Walloon]; gn [Guaraní]; fy [Frisian]; sv [Swedish]; tl [Pilipino (Tagalog)]; da [Danish]; vi [Vietnamese]; is [Icelandic]; gl [Galician]; sla [Kashubian]; pt [Portuguese]; ku [Kurdish]; es [Spanish]; yo [Yoruba]; hu [Hungarian];
used in romanization of: km_r [Khmer (khmer)]; zh_r [Chinese (sino-japanese)]; lo_r [Laotian (laotian)]; el_r [Greek (greek)]; he_r [Hebrew (hebrew)]; ar_r [Arabic (perso-arabic)];
lowercase: 00E9

U00E9

decimal: &#233;
UTF-8 (c3, a9) é
name: LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
old name: LATIN SMALL LETTER E ACUTE
Adobe glyph name: eacute
mnemonic name(s): <e'>
HTML 4 mnemonic name:&eacute;
category: Ll (Letter, Lowercase)
combining: 0
decomposition info: 0065 0301
comment:
found in charsets: CP863 (82); CP775 (82); 8859-15 (E9); CP1250 (E9); 8859-3 (E9); CENTEURO (8E); CP1258 (E9); 8859-10 (E9); 8859-9 (E9); ROMAN (8E); 8859-2 (E9); CP857 (82); CP1252 (E9); CP437 (82); CP860 (82); 8859-4 (E9); CP1122 (79); CP1254 (E9); SAMI_MAC (8E); CP852 (82); CP865 (82); CP861 (82); 8859-13 (E9); CP1256 (E9); CP850 (82); CP1257 (E9); 8859-1 (E9); CP1116 (82); SAMI_WIN (E9); 8859-14 (E9); 8859-16 (E9); VENTURA_INT (82);
found in languages: lb [Luxembourgian]; ca [Catalan]; kl [Greenlandic]; no [Norwegian]; fr [French]; de [German]; wo [Wolof]; rm [(Rhaeto-)Romance]; af [Afrikaans]; nl [Dutch]; it [Italian]; gd [Gaelic (Scots)]; sk [Slovak]; id [Indonesian]; cs [Czech]; bi [Bislama]; ga [Irish]; cy [Welsh]; oc [Occitan]; wa [Walloon]; gn [Guaraní]; fy [Frisian]; sv [Swedish]; tl [Pilipino (Tagalog)]; da [Danish]; vi [Vietnamese]; is [Icelandic]; gl [Galician]; sla [Kashubian]; pt [Portuguese]; ku [Kurdish]; es [Spanish]; yo [Yoruba]; hu [Hungarian];
used in romanization of: km_r [Khmer (khmer)]; zh_r [Chinese (sino-japanese)]; lo_r [Laotian (laotian)]; el_r [Greek (greek)]; he_r [Hebrew (hebrew)]; ar_r [Arabic (perso-arabic)];
uppercase: 00C9


Codepages that contain all the characters listed above:
  1. 8859-1
  2. 8859-14
  3. 8859-15
  4. 8859-16
  5. 8859-3
  6. 8859-9
  7. CP1116
  8. CP1122
  9. CP1252
  10. CP1254
  11. CP1258
  12. CP850
  13. CP857
  14. ROMAN
  15. SAMI_MAC
  16. SAMI_WIN
  17. VENTURA_INT

Swiss German uses ss instead of ß.

Statistical data

A list of difficult words from http://www.ids-mannheim.de/grammis/reform/ mostly paires the loanwords with alternative spellings. Words containing characters outside the usual German alphabet split to:

According to this strict interpretation of German orthography rules, there are six characters that you cannot do without (ç, è, é, ñ and œ) plus four more for which alternative spellings exist (à, á, â, ê).

From the official orthography rules:


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