Change keyboard layout via keyboard shortcut

If some characters are swapped on your keyboard, the layout is often to blame. With a shortcut you can change that.

Qwertz or Qwerty - change keyboard layout via shortcut

Not only the letters "Y" and "Z" are interchanged on the American keyboard. The position of the special characters and umlauts also varies with the two keyboard layouts.

• In Windows you can switch between the two layouts at any time with the key combination [Alt] + [Shift].
• Alternatively, set the German keyboard via the control panel.

If you choose the American version, we will show you the best keyboards with a US layout in another article.