30-Day Cursive Challenge: Drills and Worksheets
Learning cursive handwriting (Schreibschrift) is like learning a physical skill: the more you repeat, the smoother and more natural it becomes.
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German Script & Handwriting Mastery
6 articles to help you master this topic
Common Ligatures: Ch, Sch, St, Ck in Handwriting
In German, certain two- or three-letter combinations appear so frequently that they develop special connection forms in handwriting.
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Modern German Cursive: From Sütterlin to Everyday Kurrent
German handwriting has gone through more transformations than almost any European writing system. What German learners call “cursive” today is the result of ...
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Umlaut Handwriting: Ä/ä, Ö/ö, Ü/ü Loops and Forms
Umlauts—Ä/ä, Ö/ö, and Ü/ü—are essential parts of the German alphabet.
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German Alphabet: Capital vs Lowercase Letters (A vs a, ß Rules)
German uses the same Latin alphabet as English (A–Z), plus the Umlaute (Ä, Ö, Ü) and the special letter ß (Eszett or “sharp S”).
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Beginner Guide to German Handwriting: From Alphabet to Cursive (A1)
Handwriting is still an essential skill in German learning. Even in a digital world, beginners use handwriting in A1 exam tasks, filling out forms, taking no...
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