diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 1e593ff..a258988 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -165,6 +165,33 @@
 (global-set-key (kbd "<f5>") 'eval-buffer)
 (global-set-key (kbd "M-<f5>") 'ielm)
 
+
+;;;; More convenient Unicode keys
+;; make a macro, global-set-keys -
+;; (global-set-keys (keybinding-pair1) (keybinding-pair2) ...)
+;; =>
+;; (global-set-key keybinding-pair1)
+;; (global-set-key keybinding-pair2)
+;; ...
+;; where each (keybinding-pair) is
+;; ((kbd ...) function)
+
+(global-unset-key (kbd "M-,"))
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-, a")
+                (lambda () (interactive) (insert "ä")))
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-, A")
+                (lambda () (interactive) (insert "Ä")))
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-, u")
+                (lambda () (interactive) (insert "ü")))
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-, U")
+                (lambda () (interactive) (insert "Ü")))
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-, o")
+                (lambda () (interactive) (insert "ö")))
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-, O")
+                (lambda () (interactive) (insert "Ö")))
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-, s")
+                (lambda () (interactive) (insert "ß")))
+
 ;;;; Just hit y or n to answer yes or no prompts! Shiny!
 (defalias 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)