The German alphabet consists of the same 26 letters as the English alphabet, plus four special characters: three umlauts (Ä, Ö, Ü) and the Eszett (ß). Mastering their pronunciation is crucial ...

Video about the alphabet. Henning takes over a German class and highlights the importance of the four additional German letters in the alphabet, the ß, ä, ü and ö.

It's not every day that a new letter of the alphabet comes along. But, last Monday, an addition to the German alphabet emerged blinking into the daylight after a campaign lasting 130 years - to a ...