Umlauter: automatically add Umlauts Firefox

Umlauter: automatically add Umlauts

By: Florian
Corrects common German transcriptions like frueher to use the proper Umlaut ü (früher). Requires access to websites to correct typing in input boxes. All data is processed locally and is not sent to remote servers!

Features & Capabilities

Try typing something like "Kuehe" in a textbox followed by a space or period to see it corrected! Useful when typing German on US-keyboards.

On computer systems that don't support them, German words like "Erklärung" are often written as "Erklaerung" to avoid the use of diacritic letters. Though this is readable, it looks odd. An easy solution would be to replace all two letter combinations to their proper Umlaut-form and though this fixes 100% of potential words, there are too many false positives (for example the word "neue" would never be written "neü"). This project uses machine learning to predict if a substitution should be made.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V2 Add-on
By:
Florian
Daily users:
31
Rating:
3.33
(3)
Version:
0.0.12resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25
Version code:
5731370
Creation date:
2018-06-24
Risk:
Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
Content scripts matches:
  • <all_urls>
Size:
59.57KB
URLs:
Website
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-23
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Developed by:
Florian
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/umlauter/
Website:
https://github.com/jaflo/umlauter/issues/new

User Reviews

by 敬念*****, 2025-04-21

by 远离*****, 2025-03-15

Not useful for people that use two languages all the time. Works on some words, but unfortunately also works on English, making guess to güss (no such word in German)
by Ol*****, 2020-10-26
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Is Umlauter: automatically add Umlauts Safe?

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Umlauter: automatically add Umlauts requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
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Umlauter: automatically add Umlauts has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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