Afrikaans Accented Letters: Complete List to Copy and Paste
Afrikaans uses the circumflex, diaeresis, acute and grave, for example in ê, ë, ô and ï.
Click any letter below to copy it.
Lowercase Afrikaans letters
Uppercase Afrikaans letters
Unicode and HTML codes
| Letter | Name | Unicode | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|
| á | a with acute | U+00E1 | á |
| é | e with acute | U+00E9 | é |
| è | e with grave | U+00E8 | è |
| ê | e with circumflex | U+00EA | ê |
| ë | e with umlaut | U+00EB | ë |
| í | i with acute | U+00ED | í |
| î | i with circumflex | U+00EE | î |
| ï | i with umlaut | U+00EF | ï |
| ó | o with acute | U+00F3 | ó |
| ô | o with circumflex | U+00F4 | ô |
| ö | o with umlaut | U+00F6 | ö |
| ú | u with acute | U+00FA | ú |
| û | u with circumflex | U+00FB | û |
| ü | u with umlaut | U+00FC | ü |
| Á | Capital A with acute | U+00C1 | Á |
| É | Capital E with acute | U+00C9 | É |
| È | Capital E with grave | U+00C8 | È |
| Ê | Capital E with circumflex | U+00CA | Ê |
| Ë | Capital E with umlaut | U+00CB | Ë |
| Í | Capital I with acute | U+00CD | Í |
| Î | Capital I with circumflex | U+00CE | Î |
| Ï | Capital I with umlaut | U+00CF | Ï |
| Ó | Capital O with acute | U+00D3 | Ó |
| Ô | Capital O with circumflex | U+00D4 | Ô |
| Ö | Capital O with umlaut | U+00D6 | Ö |
| Ú | Capital U with acute | U+00DA | Ú |
| Û | Capital U with circumflex | U+00DB | Û |
| Ü | Capital U with umlaut | U+00DC | Ü |
Typing these letters quickly
On Windows, the fastest built-in route is an Alt code, for example Alt+0225 for á. On a Mac, press Option+E, then A. On phones, add the Afrikaans keyboard so every letter sits on the long-press menu. The full typing guide has a chart for every letter.
Capital letters
Every lowercase Afrikaans letter above has a capital form, and you should keep the accent on capitals. Dropping accents from capitals is an old typewriter habit; modern style guides for most languages, including the official French and Spanish academies, recommend keeping them.
Sorting and searching Afrikaans text
Computers sort accented letters by code point unless told otherwise, which can put them after z. Use a locale-aware sort (for example localeCompare with the Afrikaans locale in JavaScript, or a Afrikaans collation in your database) so lists follow Afrikaans alphabetical order.