a ah

b beh
c tseh Guten Tag!
d deh
e eh
f eff Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
g geh
h hah
i ih Bitte schön!
j yawt
k kah
l ell
m em
n en
o oh Dom
p peh
q koo
r err
s ess
t teh
u ooh
v fow
Volkswagen
w veh
x iks
y üppsilon
z tset zahlen
a ah n en
b beh o oh
c tseh p peh
d deh q koo
e eh r err
f eff s ess
g geh t teh
h hah u ooh
i ih v fow
j yawt w veh
k kah x iks
l ell y üppsilon
m em z tset
a ah n en d s lik e
soun
b beh o oh
ä mädchen ade
c tseh p peh m
d deh q koo o d
schön g o
e eh r err ö
f eff s ess
g geh t teh fuel
ü für
h hah u ooh
i ih v fow s
ß heiße his
j yawt w veh
k kah x iks
l ell y üppsilon
m em z tset
 End Sounds

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b p
tak

d
e t
sou he
nds
of
t
g k

in the final position of words

Weib /vipe/

Bad /baht/
Tag /tock/
ie /eeh/
pronounced

ei /aih/

Die
ie Sonne scheint.
ei
eu äu /oy/
& =
neu, läuft Sou
nd s li ke “
bo y”

au /ow/
=
Haus So un ds li ke “
ho w”
 a n t
s on
n

Shprechen
a c o
f or e
be
‘s’

leS
z en
we l
av o
f or e
’ be
‘ s

AutoSs
la ce
a l p
fi n
in
‘s’
Die Zeit
Z sounds like
/ts/

e’
im
‘T
As in “Tse tse fly”

Der Reiz ‘charm, st im u lo us ’

sounds like “dare rites”

 Pronounce both consonants

Pfeif Kneipe
Psalm Zwanzig
e
Using only one syllable
No silent letters

Köln
Sounds like

‘could’ - D + N
Pronounce the ‘L’
Cognates and Stress-shift
English German

ar-ticle Ar-ti-kel
per-son Per-son
flex-i-ble flex-i-bel
sys-tem Sys-tem
ha-bi-tu-al ha-bi-tu-ell

Shift the stress to the next syllable.

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