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The German Alphabet
Salim 2005 © Linguanaut.com
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German Alphabet, Letters, German Vowels, Consonants, German Pronunciation, How to write in German. |
German is spoken by more than 130 million people in 38 countries of the world, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, and 33 other countries.
The German alphabet consists of the same 26 letters as English alphabet, with some extra ones.
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Aa as in the word “ask” and never as in the word “able” |
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Bb same as in English |
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Cc usually in “sch” “ch” or “ck” rarely out of these letters. |
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Dd same as in English |
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Ee as in “elevated” |
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Ff same as in English |
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Gg like in the word "God", never pronounced as in the word “gym”. |
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Hh same as in English. |
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Ii as in the word “ink” never as in the word “island” |
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Jj similar to the letter “y” in “yacht” |
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Kk same as in English |
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Ll same as in English |
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Mm same as in English |
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Nn same as in English |
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Oo same as in English “Old” never as in “Hot” which is pronounced somehow like {hat} |
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Pp same as in English |
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Qq same as in English but rare. |
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Rr same as in English but slightly like as in “gh” as in the French “Merci” |
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Ss sounds like “z”. |
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Tt same as in English but not as sharp. |
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Uu sounds like “oo” or “uu”, never as in the word “up” or “university” |
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Vv sounds like “f” |
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Ww sounds like “v” |
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Xx same as in English although rare. |
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Yy same as in English although rare. |
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Zz sounds like “ts” |
Additional letters:
Ä /ä, Ö/ ö, Ü / ü. ß (called scharfes s)
Ä /ä sounds more like “e”
Ö/ ö sounds more like “oe”
Ü / ü sounds more like “ue”
ß sounds like “ss”
Compound letters:
Sch: sounds like “sh”
Ch: sounds sometimes like “sh” or like “kh”.
St: sounds like “sht” at the beginning, and like “st” at the end of a word.
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German Alphabet, Letters, German Vowels, Consonants, German Pronunciation, How to write in German. |