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German character "ß" (ess-tset) on iPhone keyboard?

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3Gmatt

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Hi,

I have searched the forum and not found a solution.

How do I type the "ß" (ess-tset, or in German, Eszett) character on my iPhone keyboard (3G, 2.2)? Umlauts are not a problem as you simply hold down the vowel key, but I can't find the ß anywhere.

Thanks,

3Gmatt.
 
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option + s on a Mac (for anyone interested in doing the same thing).

Interestingly I think this is one example where a virtual keyboard has a fixed, physical one beat. You can't hold down a key on a physical keyboard to see more options.
 
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stomer said:
I think you need to add the German keyboard first though (Settings > General > Keyboard > International Keyboards ). ß wasn't available in the UK, French or Romanian keyboards.
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Yes it is, I just tried it on my UK 3G phone. It won't show up if you have the Shift key highlighted, but if you hold down the 's' key without Shift you'll see 'ß' as the first option in the list.
 
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Thanks, I was trying every key with Shift highlighted, ha ha. Consider myself kicked :p

elppa said:
Interestingly I think this is one example where a virtual keyboard has a fixed, physical one beat. You can't hold down a key on a physical keyboard to see more options.
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Agreed, it's brilliant in that respect. Slightly o/t, but I am looking forward to the day when we have a keyboard-sized touch panel instead... totally re-configurable, oh yes :cool:
 
Has this possibility disappeared since iOS6?

The function of switching to the German keyboard, then pressing and holding the letter 's', no longer displays the 'ess-tset'. Have I missed something?
 
3Gmatt said:
Hi,

I have searched the forum and not found a solution.

How do I type the "ß" (ess-tset, or in German, Eszett) character on my iPhone keyboard (3G, 2.2)? Umlauts are not a problem as you simply hold down the vowel key, but I can't find the ß anywhere.

Thanks,

3Gmatt.
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I find it under long tap ‘s’ on “Deutsche (Österreich)” keyboard on iOS12.
 
C DM said:
Seems like that was what was already mentioned almost 10 years ago in this thread.
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C DM said:
Seems like that was what was already mentioned almost 10 years ago in this thread.
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Yes, it is similar, but nowadays the simple German(Germany) keyboard doesn’t contains this character, so I would like to help someone to find solution in 2019.
 
szbbb2 said:
Yes, it is similar, but nowadays the simple German(Germany) keyboard doesn’t contains this character, so I would like to help someone to find solution in 2019.
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Just long press the S key...

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Normal German keyboard supports ß, too. No need to install another keyboard. There’s no capital letter ß - therefore you can’t type ß when caps is locked (e.g. at the beginning of a text with auto-caps option on).

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