Outside of Germany, there is perhaps no country in which German printing
is so extensively carried on as in the United States. We present a table
of German characters, with their names, and their corresponding forms in
English.
+---------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| German Form. | English Form. | German Name. |
+---------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| | | |
| ~A~ ~a~ | A a | ah |
| | | |
| ~B~ ~b~ | B b | bay |
| | | |
| ~C~ ~c~ | C c | tsay |
| | | |
| ~D~ ~d~ | D d | day |
| | | |
| ~E~ ~e~ | E e | a |
| | | |
| ~F~ ~f~ ~ff~ | F f ff | ef, ef-ef |
| | | |
| ~G~ ~g~ | G g | gay |
| | | |
| ~H~ ~h~ ~ch~ | H h ch | hah, tsay-hah |
| | | |
| ~I~ ~i~ | I i | e |
| | | |
| ~J~ ~j~ | J j | yot |
| | | |
| ~K~ ~k~ ~ck~ | K k ck | kah, tsay-kah |
| | | |
| ~L~ ~l~ | L l | el |
| | | |
| ~M~ ~m~ | M m | em |
| | | |
| ~N~ ~n~ | N n | en |
| | | |
| ~O~ ~o~ | O o | o |
| | | |
| ~P~ ~p~ | P p | pay |
| | | |
| ~Q~ ~q~ | Q q | koo |
| | | |
| ~R~ ~r~ | R r | er |
| | | |
| ~S~ ~ſ~ ~s~ | S s s | es, |
| ~ſſ~ | ss | es-es |
| ~ſz~ ~ſt~| sz | es-tset, es-tay |
| | | |
| ~T~ ~t~ | T t | tay |
| | | |
| ~U~ ~u~ | U u | oo |
| | | |
| ~V~ ~v~ | V v | fōw |
| | | |
| ~W~ ~w~ | W w | vay |
| | | |
| ~X~ ~x~ | X x | iks |
| | | |
| ~Y~ ~y~ | Y y | ipsilon |
| | | |
| ~Z~ ~z~ ~tz~ | Z z tz | tset, tay-tset |
| | | |
| ~ä~ ~ë~ ~ü~ | ä ö ü _or_ æ œ ue | |
+---------------+-------------------+-----------------+
Several of the German letters, being somewhat similar in appearance, are
liable to be mistaken one for another. To aid the learner, we give such
letters together, and point out the difference.
~B~ (B) and ~V~ (V).
The latter is open in the middle, the former joined across.
~C~ (C) and ~E~ (E).
~E~ (E) has a little stroke in the middle, projecting to the right, which
~C~ (C) has not.
~G~ (G) and ~S~ (S).
~S~ (S) has an opening above, ~G~ (G) is closed, and has besides a
perpendicular stroke within.
~K~ (K), ~N~ (N), ~R~ (R).
~K~ (K) is rounded at the top, ~N~ (N) is open in the middle, ~R~ (R) is
united about the middle.
~M~ (M) and ~W~ (W).
~M~ (M) is opened at the bottom, ~W~ (W) is closed.
~b~ (b) and ~h~ (h).
~b~ (b) is entirely closed below, ~h~ (h) is somewhat open, and ends at
the bottom, on one side, with a projecting hair-stroke.
~f~ (f) and ~ſ~ (s).
~f~ (f) has a horizontal line _through_ it, ~ſ~ (s) on the left side only.
~m~ (m) and ~w~ (w).
~m~ (m) is entirely open at the bottom, ~w~ (w) is partly closed.
~r~ (r) and ~x~ (x).
~x~ (x) has a little hair-stroke below, on the left.
~v~ (v) and ~y~ (y).
~v~ (v) is closed, ~y~ (y) is somewhat open below, and ends with a
hair-stroke.
[Illustration: GERMAN UPPER CASE.]
[Illustration: GERMAN LOWER CASE.]