Customize Keyboard Layout

Hello,
I need to use umlauts (German) and the alt + , or cmd + u solutions are not working well for me. What partially works is to use the German keyboard layout which has keys for those letters. However a very annoying thing to term with is that they swapped the y and z letters, and I´m not willing to get used to that. How could I modify/personalize the keyboard layout so to arrange these as in the english keyboard?

I need to use umlauts (German) and the alt + , or cmd + u solutions are not working well for me.
Try the US International layout:
http://www.brockerhoff.net/usi/

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Capture 1:
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Capture 2:
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Capture 3:
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