Appendix:German spelling alphabet

Spelling alphabet (2022 version)
According to (2022 version), which is valid for Germany, the following German names and words are assigned to letters of the alphabet for clearer enunciation on the telephone.


 * A –
 * Ä –
 * B –
 * C –
 * D –
 * E –
 * F –
 * G –
 * H –
 * I –
 * J –
 * K –
 * L –
 * M –
 * N –
 * O –
 * Ö –
 * P –
 * Q –
 * R –
 * S –
 * ß –
 * T –
 * U –
 * Ü –
 * V –
 * W –
 * X –
 * Y –
 * Z –

Former version of the German Spelling alphabet
In the former version which is still valid for Germany in areas outside of office applications, the following German names and words are assigned to letters of the alphabet for clearer enunciation on the telephone. Both historic versions, and versions for Austria and Switzerland, differ significantly.


 * A – ( wie )
 * Ä – ( wie )
 * B –
 * C – ( wie )
 * Ch – ( wie  (sic!))
 * D –
 * E –
 * F –
 * G –
 * H –
 * I –
 * J –
 * K – (Sometimes "" is used, which stems from a historic version.)
 * L –
 * M –
 * N –
 * O –
 * Ö –
 * P –
 * Q –
 * R –
 * S – (Often "" is used, which stems from a historic version.)
 * Sch – ( wie )
 * ẞ –
 * T –
 * U –
 * Ü –
 * V – ( wie  (sic!))
 * W –
 * X – (Sometimes "" is used, which stems from Austrian and Swiss versions.)
 * Y –
 * Z – (Sometimes "" is used, which stems from a historic version.)

When reading the complete spelling alphabet from A to Z for practice, umlauts, "ch", "sch", and "ẞ" are often omitted and "" is inserted between a letter and the corresponding name, i.e., "A wie Anton, B wie Berta, C wie Cäsar, etc."

Swiss variant

 * A –
 * Ä – /
 * B –
 * C – ,
 * Ch –
 * D –
 * E –
 * F –
 * G –
 * H –
 * I –
 * J –
 * K –
 * L –
 * M –
 * N –
 * O –
 * Ö – /
 * P –
 * Q – Quasi
 * R –
 * S –
 * T –
 * U –
 * Ü –
 * V –
 * W –
 * X –
 * Y –
 * Z –

Austrian variant

 * A –
 * Ä –
 * B –
 * C –
 * Ch – ,
 * D –
 * E –
 * F –
 * G –
 * H –
 * I –
 * J – ,
 * K –
 * L –
 * M –
 * N – ,
 * O –
 * Ö –
 * P –
 * Q –
 * R –
 * S –
 * Sch –
 * ẞ –
 * T –
 * U –
 * Ü –
 * V –
 * W –
 * X –
 * Y –
 * Z – ,