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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


ow


Auto


owto


* ch


kh


noch


nokh


* ei


eye


fein


fine


* ie


ee


sie


zee


* eu


oy


neun


noyn


* qu


kv


Quittung


kvi-toong


* s




s


es


es


z


sie


zee


sh


sprechen


shpre-khen


* ß


ss


muß


moos


* u


oo


gut


goot


* v


f


von


fon


* w


v


wir


veer


* umlauts








* ä


eh


hätte


het-te


* äu


oy


läutet


loy-tet


* ö


ur'*


können


kur'-nen


* ü


oo


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

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