SAXON UPPER CASE.
SAXON LOWER CASE.
GERMAN ALPHABET.
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 ſſ | S | s s ss | es, 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.