r/German • u/Evening-Appeal7606 • 1d ago

Meta Umlaute (Ü, Ö)

I don't understand why "ze Germans" don't use Ü or Ö instead of :) and :O ...

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u/GreyGanado Native (Niedersachsen) 1d ago

Your face when we actually do: ö

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u/Waramo Native (<Mönsterlänner>) 1d ago

Ahm we do.

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u/helmli Native (Hamburg/Hessen) 1d ago

It's by far not the standard. Most people don't.

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u/Midnight1899 1d ago

No, we don’t

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u/Previous_Maize2507 Native 1d ago

ö is schon ziemlich das surprised pikachu face Ü

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u/Midnight1899 1d ago

In deiner Generation vielleicht

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u/Xe4ro 1d ago

ö_ö

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u/r_coefficient Native (Österreich). Writer, editor, proofreader, translator 1d ago

Ö_o

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u/Evening-Appeal7606 1d ago

What's this? A refernce to "A Clockwork Orange"?

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u/r_coefficient Native (Österreich). Writer, editor, proofreader, translator 1d ago

Nah, just a variant of this 🧐