What is the difference between keyboard preferences "English" German keybord and "German" German keyboard?

Question

Hi there, I already googled it and consulted windows 10 help and various other sources but found no answer to this.

I am located in Germany but using my Windows 10 in English.

I cannot find the answer what the difference between keyboard preferences "English" German keybord and "German" German keyboard, is:

Both seem to use the German keyboard layout, so I can properly use it with the German keyboard layout and type all umlauts, € and other characters as well.

Answer 1

German Keyboard in both cases are using the same layout as you mentioned. However, the difference is like using services and features in applications , for example in Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Word , when you set the language to English, they will check spelling of your typing with English language and when you set it to Germany, it will check it with the German language. If you notice when you have English text and type in German , it will underline everything as incorrect and vice versa.