![]() ![]() ![]() In Germany, pronounced like the English 'z' In Austria and Switzerland, trilled with the front of the tongue. In Germany, pronounced gutturally in the back of the throat, like a French 'r'. Pronounced like 'k' only occurs in the combination 'qu', which is pronounced like 'kv', not like 'kw'. Long 'o': as 'o' in 'open' (oh), there is no movement in the sound as in the English equivalent. Pronounced like 'l' but with the tongue touching the teeth (dental).īefore 'a', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y', 'ä', 'ö', 'ü' (only if these vowels don't belong to a suffix) Long 'i' as 'e' in 'seen' (ee) short 'i' as 'i' in 'pit' Pronounced like 'h' in 'house' only at the beginning of words, beginning of syllables,īefore 'a', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y', 'ä', 'ö', 'ü' (only if these vowels don't belong to a suffix), Pronounced like 'ich'-sound (see below) in the suffix '-ig' at the end of words Pronounced like 'g' in 'get' pronounced like 'k' when at the end of a word In unstressed syllables like 'a' in 'about' or 'e' in 'garden' ![]() Long 'e': as 'a' in 'late' (ay) without(!) the (y). Pronounced like 't' when at the end of a word pronounced with the tongue touching the teeth (dental). Without a following 'h': before 'e', 'i', 'y', 'ä', 'ö' like the German letter 'z' else like 'k' Pronounced like 'p' when at the end of a word Pronunciation: The alphabet - Das Alphabet In the list of pronunciation notes, no entry means essentially "pronounced as in English". Note that letter order is exactly the same as in English, but pronunciation is not for many of the letters. Reading down this column and pronouncing the "English" words will recite the alphabet auf Deutsch ("in German"). The third gives an English word that matches or approximates the German letter sound. The first column is the German letter, the second describes the IPA pronunciation and rough English approximation of the letter name. An umlaut is the pair of dots placed over certain vowels in German, Umlaut describes the dotted letter, not just the dots.Īs in English, letters may be pronounced differently depending on word and location. However, there are also combined letters and three umlauted forms. Like English, the German alphabet consists of 26 basic letters. ![]() 2 Deutsche Aussprache ~ German Pronunciation Guide. ![]()
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