Pronunciation - The Alphabet
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The Alphabet
The Germ an alphabet consist s of 26 let t ers. ?, ?, ? and ? are in addit ion t o t hat . Som e let t ers are pronounced different ly in Germ an t han in ot her languages. Som e dist inct ive features are explained here.
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?, ? und ?
The short ? [ E] such as in kr? ft ig is spoken like a Germ an short open E [ E] ( e.g. as in Te nnis) .
A long ? [ E.] such as in Rum ? nien is spoken like a Germ an long closed E [ e.] ( lesen) and then you open your m outh wider.
The ? ( long [ O.] , short [ ?] is spoken like a Germ an E but wit h your lips rounded such as when you m ake an O sound.
The ? ( long [ y.] , short [ Y] ) is spoken like a Germ an I but wit h your lips rounded as in when you m ake a U sound.
When you m ake the ? and ? sounds, your lips should be in a whistling or kissing shape.
? and ? can also be long/ closed and short / open.
AU, EI , ?U und EU There are t hree dipht hongs in Germ an: AU, EI and ?U/ EU. They com bine t wo short vowels squeezed together.
[ ae? ] : short A + short E ? writ t en as: ei ( Le ipzig) , ai ( Frankfurt am Ma in) , ey ( Meyer) or ay ( Ba yern)
[ ao? ] : short A + short O ? writ t en as: au ( Au st ralien) [ OP? ] : short O + short ? ? writ t en as: eu ( De ut sch) or ?u ( Verk? ufer)
? [ s]
The ? is solely a lower case let t er t hat occurs aft er a long vowel. ss is writ t en aft er a short vowel. ss and ? are spoken like an unvoiced S.
? Cornelsen Verlag 2006
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SCH [ S] SCH is only one sound ( sch ?n, Schule) - not t wo. Your lips should be point ed forward, your t eet h should t ouch and your breat h should be blown out briskly. The SCH sound is also m ade at the beginning of the syllables Sp- ( Sport ) and St - ( St ut tgart ) , but not wit h s + ending - chen ( H?uschen) ? H?us- chen.
CH CH is spoken as [ x] ( at t he back of your t hroat sim ilar t o when you snore) aft er u, o, a and au: acht , suchen, Tocht er, auch. CH is pronounced [ C] ( t eet h t oget her, lips wide, air blown out ) aft er t he ot her vowels, aft er l, n, r and in t he ending ?chen: M?nchen, ich, T?cht er. CH, in com binat ion wit h ?chs and at t he beginning of som e foreign words and Germ an nam es is spoken as a [ k] : Sach sen, sech s, Chor, Ch em nit z.
J J is oft en pronounced as j ust one sound [ j] in m ost words ( sim ilar t o t he English Y) : Japan pronounced like [ 1ja.pan] , Juli like [ 1ju.li] wit hout a glot t al st op. Som e foreign words ( such as Jeans) are except ions and have an English j such as [ d7] or [ 7] in Journalist .
Z The Z is spoken as [ ts] .
V The V is oft en spoken as an [ f] ( Vornam e, Hannover) , and as a / w/ [ v] only in a few foreign words ( Visum ) .
W The upper front t eet h t ouch t he bot t om lip in W. The Germ an W is not bilabial, as in English, but pronounced like t he English V.
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