Type German online with this free virtual QWERTZ keyboard. All umlauts (ä ö ü), the ß character, and German punctuation — the standard layout used in Germany and Austria.
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German Keyboard alphabet
Click any letter to inspect its Unicode details.
Diacritics & marks
Combining marks used with the Latin script.
Frequently asked questions
This German QWERTZ keyboard puts the umlauts on dedicated keys: ü on "[", ö on ";", ä on "'". Hold Shift for the capitals Ä Ö Ü. The ß character is on the minus key.
Use ß after long vowels and diphthongs (Straße, groß, heißen) and ss after short vowels (Hass, Klasse). After the 2017 spelling reform, Swiss German replaces ß with ss entirely.
German keyboards use QWERTZ: the "y" and "z" keys are swapped compared to English QWERTY, and the umlauts sit on the right edge of the keyboard.