My last name Kästner is pronounced [ˈkɛstnɐ], audio.
It is a quite common German last name, well known for the author and poet Erich Kästner.
The umlaut ä is relevant for the pronunciation.
The valid ASCII spelling is Kaestner, not Kastner.
To correctly typeset the name in LaTeX use K{\"a}stner.
To create the ä in Windows enter 0228 while pressing the ALT key or simply copy it from this page. [close]
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