What is the German equivalent of "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."?
That is: A phrase used for font selection that contains all the letters of the alphabet.
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Sign up to join this communityWhat is the German equivalent of "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."?
That is: A phrase used for font selection that contains all the letters of the alphabet.
Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten Taxi quer durch Bayern.
It roughly translates to:
Franz is racing through Bayern in a totally shabby taxicab.
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if you mean that. But it is used most of the time, for better/more complete examples see sl0815 answer.
Sätze, die alle Buchstaben des Alphabets enthalten, heißen Pangramme (von griechisch πᾶν γράμμα: "jeder Buchstabe").
Es gibt im Deutschen eine Reihe davon. Hier einige Beispiele (Wikipedia hat eine ausführliche Aufzählung):
Pangramme ohne äöü und ß:
Pangramme mit äöü und ß:
I like
Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich
but see for yourself at Pangramm
EDIT: rough translation: twelve boxers are chasing Victor across the big levee of Sylt.
Another one with the nice property of containing each character including the ß and the umlauts exactly once:
„Fix, Schwyz!“, quäkt Jürgen blöd vom Paß.
Please note, that the spelling is not quite correct in this sentence. In modern German spelling, one would write Pass instead of Paß.
A German pangram is
Kaufen Sie jede Woche vier gute, bequeme Pelze! xy
In English:
Buy four good, comfortable fur coats every week. xy
The "xy" at the end of the sentence are there to complete the alphabet. This pangram was used to test telegram lines (where umlauts and ß weren't used).