# Umlauts (äöü) breaks token

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/umlauts-aou-breaks-token/9280>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 23, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/umlauts-aou-breaks-token/9280 "2017-08-23T09:02:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![mautonautic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mautonautic](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mautonautic)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/umlauts-aou-breaks-token/9280/1 "2017-08-23T09:02:46Z")

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Hi,  
  
  
  
my first post:)  
  
  
  
I send an email with {contactfield=lastname}  
  
If theres a name like “Grünwald”, the email is send only with “Gr”, so the word stops before the umlaut. But in the contact fields all Umlauts are shown.correctly.  
  
  
  
What can I do?  
  
  
  
Best  
  
Felix

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**Author:** ![mautonautic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mautonautic](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mautonautic)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/umlauts-aou-breaks-token/9280/2 "2017-08-23T09:02:46Z")

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Hi,

my first post:)

I send an email with {contactfield=lastname}  
If theres a name like “Grünwald”, the email is send only with “Gr”, so the word stops before the umlaut. But in the contact fields all Umlauts are shown.correctly.

What can I do?

Best  
Felix