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  1. #1
    Japan-Is-Eternal Naturally Camouflaged
    How do I type in German
    Should I buy a german keyboard?
  2. #2
    rabbitweed African Astronaut
    German can be typed fine on a US keyboard. Various operating systems have key combinations to produce letters with umlauts, as well as the scharfes S. Do a search for whatever you are running and you'll find it easy enough.

    To be honest I never really bothered. The following convention can be typed with the standard English betabet and is well understood by any native German speaker:

    ä -> ae
    ö -> oe
    ü -> ue
    ß -> ss

    You'll see this used for URLs, or other situations where only ASCII characters are available.
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  3. #3
    Best solution is to move to Germany.
  4. #4
    Soyboy 2020 IV: Intravenous Soyposting African Astronaut [scrub the quick-drying deinonychus]
    Really good question OP.

    I wouldn't recommend it necessarily. You will find that a lot of the keys are switched around from the standard US layout, and it'll just cause difficulty switching between the two, which you may need to do in the unlikely event you ever leave a room and get a job.

    I'd recommend using the Unix "Compose" key concept. If you are on Windows you can download an app called WinCompose:
    https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose
    Using this very lightweight and unintrusive application it's possible to map one of the keys on your keyboard, like one of the "Start Menu"/Windows keys, or the "Menu" button, to act like a compose key.

    Using that it's simple to type weird characters.

    Compose + s + s = ß
    Compose + a + e = æ
    Compose + " + a = ä
    Compose + o + o = °

    It's very intuitive.
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    Octavian motherfucker
    Cock nose
  6. #6
    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING 2020 IV: Intravenous Soyposting Really good question OP.

    I wouldn't recommend it necessarily. You will find that a lot of the keys are switched around from the standard US layout, and it'll just cause difficulty switching between the two, which you may need to do in the unlikely event you ever leave a room and get a job.

    I'd recommend using the Unix "Compose" key concept. If you are on Windows you can download an app called WinCompose:
    https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose
    Using this very lightweight and unintrusive application it's possible to map one of the keys on your keyboard, like one of the "Start Menu"/Windows keys, or the "Menu" button, to act like a compose key.

    Using that it's simple to type weird characters.

    Compose + s + s = ß
    Compose + a + e = æ
    Compose + " + a = ä
    Compose + o + o = °

    It's very intuitive.

    for umlauts and shit you can also just enter alt + [ascii code prefixed with zeroes to 4 digits]
  7. #7
    WellHung Black Hole
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Best solution is to move out of Mom's basement.
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  8. #8
    Bugz Space Nigga
    Originally posted by rabbitweed German can be typed fine on a US keyboard. Various operating systems have key combinations to produce letters with umlauts, as well as the scharfes S. Do a search for whatever you are running and you'll find it easy enough.

    To be honest I never really bothered. The following convention can be typed with the standard English betabet and is well understood by any native German speaker:

    ä -> ae
    ö -> oe
    ü -> ue
    ß -> ss

    You'll see this used for URLs, or other situations where only ASCII characters are available.

    are you RisiR?
  9. #9
    Grylls Cum Looking Faggot [abrade this vocal tread-softly]
    Op will always be a cock nosed virgin who will never see japan let alone leave his moms house
  10. #10
    rabbitweed African Astronaut
    Originally posted by Bugz are you RisiR?

    No.

    After years of liberal mind rape via New Zealands education system, I was convinced that I was a dirty white colonist and should ultimately go back to Europe where I would no doubt be welcomed. I settled on German-speaking Europe, so set about getting myself to a conversational level in the language.

    Then 2015 happened and all those 'syrian' 'refugees' who had more expensive mobile phones than I did marched into Germany and Austria to rape women, children, and get some of them Al-Gimmedats. That's when I realized the left didn't have any logic about whitey, just that they hated us deeply, and would use whatever excuse was at hand to diminish us. I've been on the far-right ever since.
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    Grylls Cum Looking Faggot [abrade this vocal tread-softly]
    Originally posted by Octavian Cock nose
  12. #12
    Grylls Cum Looking Faggot [abrade this vocal tread-softly]
    Originally posted by Grylls Op will always be a cock nosed virgin who will never see japan let alone leave his moms house
  13. #13
    Bugz Space Nigga
    Originally posted by rabbitweed No.

    After years of liberal mind rape via New Zealands education system, I was convinced that I was a dirty white colonist and should ultimately go back to Europe where I would no doubt be welcomed. I settled on German-speaking Europe, so set about getting myself to a conversational level in the language.

    Then 2015 happened and all those 'syrian' 'refugees' who had more expensive mobile phones than I did marched into Germany and Austria to rape women, children, and get some of them Al-Gimmedats. That's when I realized the left didn't have any logic about whitey, just that they hated us deeply, and would use whatever excuse was at hand to diminish us. I've been on the far-right ever since.

    Sounds like the intro where the narrative is spoken just before a Mosque is taken out James Bond Style.
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  14. #14
    Japan-Is-Eternal Naturally Camouflaged
    Originally posted by rabbitweed No.

    After years of liberal mind rape via New Zealands education system, I was convinced that I was a dirty white colonist and should ultimately go back to Europe where I would no doubt be welcomed. I settled on German-speaking Europe, so set about getting myself to a conversational level in the language.

    Then 2015 happened and all those 'syrian' 'refugees' who had more expensive mobile phones than I did marched into Germany and Austria to rape women, children, and get some of them Al-Gimmedats. That's when I realized the left didn't have any logic about whitey, just that they hated us deeply, and would use whatever excuse was at hand to diminish us. I've been on the far-right ever since.

    And now you know, Hitler was right.
  15. #15
    Octavian motherfucker
    Cock nose
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