German Keyboard
deutsche Tastaturbelegung
I wonder if students use German input method to type on their computers
Will
always type z into y?
can't find these letters ÄÖÜẞ?
Why is German input method so "willful",
Let's take a look together~
01
"QWERTZ "keyboard
Maybe you once thought that computer keyboards around the world are basically the same, except for those areas that use non-English letters (�� Arabic � or some Asian text). But after learning German, I found that this is not the case at all!
At the beginning, the typewriter's keyboard is arranged completely in alphabetical order. In 1868, C.L. Sholes was the first to try not to alphabetically sort the �� typewriter � keys. He distributed the most commonly used letters (English: E, T, O, A, N and I) reasonably on the keyboard according to the frequency of use - this is the origin of the "QWERTY" keyboard (QWERTY keyboard, named for the 6 letters on the left of its first row of letters.).
C. L. Sholes' QWERTY-Tastaturlayout 1878
Now the common QWERTY keyboard,
is named after the 6 letters on the left of the first row of the keyboard.
"QWERTY" is the most common keyboard, , the United States and China use "QWERTY" . According to the same logic (arrange the keyboard according to the frequency of letter appearance), uses the "QWERTZ" keyboard in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, , Liechtenstein, , Luxembourg, , German-speaking countries such as German-speaking countries.
"QWERTZ "Keyboard
02
Keyboard layout (Tastaturbelegung) refers to the encoding of each key and their position and number on the keyboard of a typewriter, word processing system, or computer terminal.
(Die Tastaturbelegung, auch Tastaturlayout beschreibt sowohl die Kodierung der einzelnen Tasten als auch deren Lage und Anzahl auf der Tastatur einer Schreibmaschine, eines Textverarbeitungssystems oder Computerterminals.)
Tastatur einer mechanischen Schreibmaschine Olympia SM3, hergestellt 1954 von Olympia Werke, Deutschland
Development of German keyboard layout
First generation : DIN 2112, manual operation of typewriter key arrangement (first edition in 1928, last edition in 1976, canceled in 2002).
Tastatur einer mechanischen Schreibmaschine
(Olympia-Werke, 1964) gemäß DIN 2112
Second generation : DIN 2127, key arrangement of electromechanical-driven typewriter (first edition in 1957, last edition in 1976, revoked in 1995).
third generation: DIN 2137, modern integrated keyboard for data and text input (first edition in 1976, current edition in December 2018).
Among them, the third generation of 2018-12 version stipulates three keyboard layouts: T1 (keyboard layout 1), E1 (extended keyboard layout 1) and E2. Among them, the keyboard layout T1 is the layout of most computer keyboards in Germany.
standard TI keyboard
03 Special features of QWERTZ
"Z " and "Y " position
letter "Z " and "Y " key positions are switched, because:
①Der Buchstabe Y kommt im Deutschen selten vor. Meistens in Lehn- oder Fremdwörtern. Der Tausch brings das Z an eine günstigre Position (Zehnfingersystem).
letter Y rarely appears in German. Most of them are borrowed or foreign words. This exchange puts Z in a more advantageous position (under ten finger typing).
②T und Z komen im Deutschen oft gemeinsam vor (z.B. Arzt, nutzen).
T and Z often appear together in German (such as Arzt, nutzen and other words).
③Rechts von „Z“befindet sich das „U”. Die Silbe „zu“ kommt im Deutschen oft vor und kann so schneller getippt werden.
on the right side of "Z" is "U". The syllable "zu" also appears frequently in German, so it can be typed faster.
Therefore, the German keyboard layout places "z" in a position that can be tapped by the index finger, rather than tapped by the weaker little finger.
phonic vowels (Umlaut) and ß
original "QWERTY" keyboard were changed to phonic vowels (ä, ö, ü) and ß. When we use German keyboards, it really takes a while to find and adapt to where these German-specific letters are.
Other
Section of certain symbols (i.e., @, etc.) are different from the English version of the keyboard.
The text of some special keys is changed to a graphic symbol (for example, partial capital locking is changed to an upward arrow ⬆, and back space becomes a leftward arrow ⬅). Most other abbreviations are replaced by German abbreviations (so, for example, "Ctrl" is translated as "Strg" in German, meaning Steuerung). And "Esc" stays the same.
Also, like many other non-US keyboards, the German keyboard changes the right-click Alt to Alt Gr key. Have you recorded these differences between
?
Do you have any other good ways to adapt to German keyboards?
QUELLE
https://worldthruureyes.com/2015/08/26/difference-between-a-german-vs-an-american-keyboard-yeah-theres-such-a-thing/
https://www.typingpal.com/en/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-QWERTY-QWERTZ-and-AZERTY-keyboards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_keyboard_layout#:~:text=In%20English%2C%20the%20letter%20%22y, by%20the%20weaker%20little%20finger.
https://www.gutefrage.net/frage/warum-ist-bei-der-deutschen-tastatur-z-und-y-vertauscht
Source: Waiyanshe German
Translation and compilation: Zhao Xixi
(the cover is not commercial for infringement, please contact the background)
