German Umlauts (US alt)

US keyboard with German umlauts

German Umlauts (US alt) - US Keyboard with German Umlauts

German Umlauts (US alt) is a Chrome OS keyboard extension. It facilitates the use of German umlauts on US keyboards, such as Pixelbook and other Chromebooks sold in the US. Enables input like: alt + a = ä or alt + U = Ü by setting German as the base language in your Chrome OS settings. Ideal for anyone needing to type in German using a US keyboard.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 2.20
(5)
Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2020-11-19)
Creation date: 2019-04-09
Permissions:
  • input
Size: 14.44K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

it does not work at all
by Pavel Lebedev, 2024-02-19

Alt+ or Shift+Alt+ any vowel key does nothing. Windows 11 Chrome Version 96.0.4664.93 (Official Build) (64-bit)
by Bruder Jentzen, 2021-12-13

oh boy, äüöÜÖ works here, capital A doesnt, ä doenst work in google docs at all, so close to being amazing, but now useless
by Linus Rupp, 2020-09-19
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German Umlauts (US alt) does not require any sensitive permissions.

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