German Alternate Spelling Conventions

The German alphabet is the English alphabet plus the additional characters: ä ö ü ß. Table 18-1 lists the alternate spelling conventions Oracle Text uses for these characters.

Table 1 German Alternate Spelling Conventions

Character	Alternate Spelling Substitution
ä	ae
ü	ue
ö	oe
Ä	AE
Ü	UE
Ö	OE
ß	ss