Latin

German is a West Germanic language primarily written using the Latin alphabet, with additional extended characters that include umlauted vowels (ä, ö, ü) and the ligature ß (Eszett or sharp S). Its writing system evolved from the Latin script used in medieval Europe, adapted to reflect the phonetic structure of the German language as it developed through Old High German and Middle High German stages.

The Dutch alphabet, a variant of the Latin script, has its origins in the writing systems of the Roman Empire. As Latin spread across Western Europe, it evolved into regional forms, eventually giving rise to the writing systems used by modern European languages. The Dutch language adopted this script and gradually adapted it to reflect its own phonetic and linguistic characteristics.