When you are writing articles, blog posts or emails in a language different from English you will likely encounter the challenge of special characters. Being Dutch I have typed my share of é, ë or ï characters. Now I know where they are on my keyboard, so I don’t have to search them in a special symbols list. But every now and then I need a new one, or I have forgotten how to put a certain special foreign character onto “paper”.
So, I thought it would be handy to create a table with foreign characters for my own reference; first the Uppercase Special Characters and then the Lowercase Special Characters. Hope you like this list too - bookmark it!
French, Spanish, German, Icelandic, Dutch Language ALT Codes
| Keyboard Combination | Sign for | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Uppercase Special Characters |
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| Alt + 0192 | Uppercase A - grave accent | À |
| Alt + 0193 | Uppercase A - acute accent | Á |
| Alt + 0194 | Uppercase A - circumflex accent | Â |
| Alt + 0195 | Uppercase A - tilde | Ã |
| Alt + 0196 | Uppercase A - umlaut | Ä |
| Alt + 0197 | Uppercase A - ring | Å |
| Alt + 0198 | Uppercase A E | Æ |
| Alt + 0199 | Uppercase C -cedilla | Ç |
| Alt + 0200 | Uppercase E - grave accent | È |
| Alt + 0201 | Uppercase E - acute accent | É |
| Alt + 0202 | Uppercase E - circumflex accent | Ê |
| Alt + 0203 | Uppercase E - umlaut | Ë |
| Alt + 0204 | Uppercase I - grave accent | Ì |
| Alt + 0205 | Uppercase I - acute accent | Í |
| Alt + 0206 | Uppercase I - circumflex accent | Î |
| Alt + 0207 | Uppercase I - umlaut | Ï |
| Alt + 0208 | Uppercase Eth - Icelandic | Ð |
| Alt + 0209 | Uppercase N - tilde | Ñ |
| Alt + 0210 | Uppercase O - grave accent | Ò |
| Alt + 0211 | Uppercase O - acute accent | Ó |
| Alt + 0212 | Uppercase O - circumflex accent | Ô |
| Alt + 0213 | Uppercase O - tilde | Õ |
| Alt + 0214 | Uppercase O - umlaut | Ö |
| Alt + 0216 | Uppercase O - slash | Ø |
| Alt + 0217 | Uppercase U - grave accent | Ù |
| Alt + 0218 | Uppercase U - acute accent | Ú |
| Alt + 0219 | Uppercase U - circumflex accent | Û |
| Alt + 0220 | Uppercase U - umlaut | Ü |
| Alt + 0221 | Uppercase Y - acute accent | Ý |
| Alt + 0222 | Uppercase Thorn - Icelandic | Þ |
| Lowercase Special Characters |
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| Alt + 0223 | Lowercase sharps - German | ß |
| Alt + 0224 | Lowercase a - grave accent | à |
| Alt + 0225 | Lowercase a - acute accent | á |
| Alt + 0226 | Lowercase a - circumflex accent | â |
| Alt + 0227 | Lowercase a - tilde | ã |
| Alt + 0228 | Lowercase a - umlaut | ä |
| Alt + 0229 | Lowercase a - ring | å |
| Alt + 0230 | Lowercase ae | æ |
| Alt + 0231 | Lowercase c - cedilla | ç |
| Alt + 0232 | Lowercase e - grave accent | è |
| Alt + 0233 | Lowercase e - acute accent | é |
| Alt + 0234 | Lowercase e - circumflex accent | ê |
| Alt + 0235 | Lowercase e - umlaut | ë |
| Alt + 0236 | Lowercase i - grave accent | ì |
| Alt + 0237 | Lowercase i - acute accent | í |
| Alt + 0238 | Lowercase i - circumflex accent | î |
| Alt + 0239 | Lowercase i - umlaut | ï |
| Alt + 0240 | Lowercase Eth - Icelandic | ð |
| Alt + 0241 | Lowercase n - tilde | ñ |
| Alt + 0242 | Lowercase o - grave accent | ò |
| Alt + 0243 | Lowercase o - acute accent | ó |
| Alt + 0244 | Lowercase o - circumflex accent | ô |
| Alt + 0245 | Lowercase o - tilde | õ |
| Alt + 0246 | Lowercase o - umlaut | ö |
| Alt + 0248 | Lowercase o - slash | ø |
| Alt + 0249 | Lowercase u - grave accent | ù |
| Alt + 0250 | Lowercase u - acute accent | ú |
| Alt + 0251 | Lowercase u - circumflex accent | û |
| Alt + 0252 | Lowercase u - umlaut | ü |
| Alt + 0253 | Lowercase y - acute accent | ý |
| Alt + 0254 | Lowercase Thorn - Icelandic | þ |
| Alt + 0255 | Lowercase y - umlaut | ÿ |
More On Special Codes and Shortcuts:
- Handy combinations with the CONTROL key
- Special functions for the Windows key
- Keyboard Shotcuts For Special French Characters (ALT codes)
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