German Font Generator

A German font generator turns your text into stylish Unicode text (bold, script, Fraktur and more) that you can copy and paste into Instagram, Discord, TikTok and games. This one is built for German, so it keeps ä, ö, ü and ß and tells you on every row what happened to them.

Unicode defines its bold, Fraktur, script and similar letters for the plain Latin letters A to Z. It has no styled ä, ö, ü or ß. A generator that only swaps letters leaves each of them plain, or loses the dots. This tool styles the base letter and attaches the two dots as a separate mark. ß has no base letter to build on, so it stays plain, or you can write it as ss.

Styled umlauts attach the dots to the styled letter. Plain umlauts keep every ä, ö and ü as normal text, the safest choice on any app. Write ae oe ue ss replaces ä with ae, ö with oe, ü with ue and ß with ss, then styles the result, so Schön becomes Schoen. Each result shows a badge so you can see which one happened.

Often yes. The official German spelling rules allow ss when ß is not available, and Switzerland always writes ss. In capitals the rules write SS and also allow the capital ẞ. Two words can look the same without it, for example Maße (measurements) and Masse (mass), so for careful writing keep the ß.

The Unicode Fraktur and bold alphabets cover only the 26 letters A to Z, and ß is not one of them. The letter stays plain in those styles. If you need a ß that really looks like Fraktur, use the Real fonts tab: those are actual fonts that draw it.

No. It is the Unicode mathematical Fraktur alphabet, which looks like blackletter when pasted but is a set of symbols, not a font. It works anywhere you can paste text. For posters, logos and websites, use the Real fonts tab, which draws your text in genuine blackletter fonts such as UnifrakturMaguntia and exports a PNG.

The two dots are a separate combining mark that each device and app places with its own font, so spacing can differ. The quick check above the styles shows how your device draws them and switches to Plain umlauts if they look off. Paste a sample into your app first. We tested this in Chrome on Windows only.

Your device has no glyph for that style's letters or for the combining mark. The tool compares the styled letters with the box a missing glyph draws and adds a "May show boxes here" badge when they match. This is a best-effort check on the base letters only, so a clean result is not a guarantee. Plain umlauts always work.

Yes. Press Translate to turn English into German or German into English. Translation runs on your device: it uses your browser's built-in translator when it supports the pair (Chrome on desktop lists German as supported and downloads a language pack the first time) and a built-in dictionary otherwise. The dictionary is small, about 125 words and phrases. It does not handle cases, genders or verb forms, and a native speaker has not reviewed it. Check anything important.

No. Styling, translation, typing conversion and image export all run in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded.

Use the Typing guide tab. Type the letter and then # (a# gives ä, o# gives ö, u# gives ü, s# gives ß) and the tool gives you real German letters. That shorthand is ours, not a standard, so use it for German only. For everyday typing, add the US-International keyboard on Windows (ß is Right Alt and S), or use Option-U and then the vowel on a Mac. On a phone, touch and hold a letter.

It renders your text in 14 open-licence fonts that were checked for ä, ö, ü, ß and the German quotation marks, so every letter looks exactly right, then lets you download a PNG for posters, stories and logos. It also gives you the CSS to use the same font on your own site. An image cannot be pasted into a bio or chat as text, so use the Styles tab for that.

Screen readers may read styled Unicode letters one by one (for example "mathematical fraktur small s"). Use styled text for short names, bios and headings, and keep important information in normal text. The Copy plain text button copies exactly what you typed.

Probably not. The Verge reports that Instagram usernames can be up to 30 characters and contain only letters, numbers, periods and underscores. Styled letters are not ordinary letters, so expect them to be refused. We could not find that rule on Instagram's own help pages, and we have not tested whether ä, ö, ü or ß are accepted, so try it in the app. Display names, bios and captions are the better place for styled text.

Possibly not. Styled letters are different Unicode characters from plain ones, so a search for the plain word may not match them. We have not tested this on every app. If being found matters, keep the key words in plain text.

It depends on the game, and most do not publish a character list. Use the Custom limit option to check the length you are testing, and try the name in the game before you pay for a change.