German letter and word pronouncing
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HOW TO PRONOUNCE GERMAN VOWELS
a | like 'u' in "cup", 'a' in "target" |
e | like 'e' in "ten", 'a' in "bake" |
i | like 'i' in "bingo" |
o | like 'oo' in "door", like 'o' in "top" |
u | like 'ou' in "you" |
ä | (Umlaut, transcribed as 'ae') like 'e' in "ten", 'a' in "band" |
ö | (Umlaut, transcribed as 'oe') like 'i' in "Sir" |
ü | (Umlaut, transcribed as 'ue') like 'y' in 'Tyrell' |
y | sa me as 'ü', but also consonant "j" in words of foreign origin ("Yacht") |
A vowel is shortened when followed by a double consonant.
A vowel is lengthened by a subsequent 'h', or by a double vowel, depending on the word. An exception is 'i', which is lengthened by a following 'e' or 'eh'.
Examples: the h in Hahn makes the a long; the aa in Haar is also long, the e in Tier makes the i long. (See below for "Diphthongs".)
HOW TO PRONOUNCE GERMAN CONSONANTS
b | like 'b' in "bed" |
c | like 'ts' in "bits" before 'i' and 'e'; like 'k' in "kid" else |
d | like 'd' in "dog" |
f | like 'ph' in "phone" |
g | like 'g' in "go" (never as in "giraffe") |
h | like 'h' in "help" |
j | like 'y' in "yoga" |
k | like 'c' in "cat" |
l | like 'l' in "love" |
m | like 'm' in "mother" |
n | like 'n' in "nice" |
p | like 'p' in "pig" |
q | like 'q' in "quest" (always with "u") |
r | like 'r' in "arm", like 'r' in "feather" (often like silent "h") |
s | like 'z' in "haze" |
t | like 't' in "top" |
v | like 'f' in "father", or like "v" in "victory" |
w | like 'v' in "victory", never like 'wh' in "whisky" |
x | like 'cks' in "kicks" |
ß | like 'ss' in "hiss" |
Consonants are pronounced quite strongly (except perhaps the 'r')
HOW TO PRONOUNCE GERMAN DIPHTHONGS (gliding vowels)
au | like 'ow' in "how" |
ae | transcription for 'ä' if not available on a keyboard or in URLs |
ah | like 'a' in "bar", longer than 'a' |
äu | like 'oy' in "boy" |
ei | like 'i' in "wine" |
eu | like 'oy' in "boy" |
eh | long 'e' |
ie | like 'ee' in "week", longer than 'i' |
ieh | like 'ee' in "week", longer than 'i', fundamentally no difference to 'ie' |
oe | transcription for 'ö' if not available on a keyboard or in URLs |
oh | like 'oo' in "door", longer than 'o' |
ue | transcription for 'ü' if not available on a keyboard or in URLs |
uh | like 'ou' in "youth", longer than 'u' |
'ch' after 'a', 'o' and 'u' | like 'ch' in Scottish "loch", spoken in the throat, like 'j' in German |
'ch' after 'i' and 'e' | like 'h' in "huge" |
'ch' at the beginning of a word | like 'ch' in "character" |
ck | like 'ck' in "blocking" |
ng | like both 'ng' in "singing", never like 'ng' in "finger" |
ph | like 'f' in "fish" |
sch | like 'sh' in "sheep" |
'sp' at the beginning of a word | like 'shp' in "fish pool" |
ss | like 'ss' in "hiss", in contrast to 'ß', makes the preceding vowel shorter. Also used as transcription for 'ß' in URLs or on foreign keyboards. |
'st' at the beginning of a word | like 'sht' in "ashtray" |
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