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Tiscali: German Phrase Finder - Pronunciation

PHRASES

SPELLING & PRONOUNCIATION

Spelling and pronouncing German are easy once you know the basic rules. This section has been designed so that as you read the pronunciation of the phrases you can follow the German. This will help you to recognize the different sounds and you will soon be able to pronounce German from the spelling alone (the stressed syllable is marked in heavy italics). Here are a few rules you should know:

german

sounds like

example

pronunciation

* au

Auto

owto

* ch

noch

nokh

* ei

eye

fein

fine

* ie

sie

zee

* eu

neun

noyn

* qu

Quittung

kvi-toong

* s

s	es	es
z	sie	zee
sh	sprechen	shpre-khen

* ß

muß

moos

* u

gut

goot

* v

von

fon

* w

wir

veer

* umlauts

* ä

hätte

het-te

* äu

läutet

loy-tet

* ö

ur'*

können

kur'-nen

* ü

grün

groon

A final e is always pronounced, but weakly like the e in the: Seide zy-de, bitte bi-te

* ur' as in hurt without the r pronounced

PHRASE INDEX


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