# Umlauter: automatically add Umlauts

> 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!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/umlauter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/umlauter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `umlauter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Florian
- **Category:** language-support,social-communication,other
- **Daily users:** 26
- **Rating:** 3.33 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.0.12resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-06-24
- **Size:** 60 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/umlauter/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/jaflo/umlauter/issues/new](https://github.com/jaflo/umlauter/issues/new)

## Description

Umlauter: automatically add Umlauts is a Firefox add-on that corrects common German transcriptions by replacing two letter combinations to their proper Umlaut-form using machine learning.

## Rankings

- #21,648 — Overall
- #79 — automation
- #90 — automate
- #237 — typing

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/umlauter)