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
b beh o oh
p peh ä mädchen
c tseh
d deh q koo
e eh r err ö schön
f eff s ess
g geh t teh ü für
h hah u ooh
i ih v fow
w veh
ß heiße
j yawt
k kah x iks
l ell y üppsilon
m em z tset
 End Sounds

b p
d 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
au = /ow/
Haus
Shprechen
leS
z en
AutoSs
Die Zeit
Z sounds like
/ts/
As in “Tse tse fly”

Der Reiz
sounds like “dare rites”
Pronounce both consonants

Pfeife Kneipe
Psalm Zwanzig
Using only one syllable
No silent letters

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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