Aussprache deutscher Buchstaben und Laute.
(Pronunciation of German letters and sounds.)
- Final consonants are often pronounced voiceless (e.g. lieb → /liːp/).
| Ä /ɛ/ | Bär (bear) | K oder CK /k/ | Katze, backen (cat, back) |
| Ö /øː/, /œ/ | schön, öffnen (beautiful, open) | M /m/ | Mutter (mother) |
| Ü /yː/, /ʏ/ | früh, fünf (early, five) | N /n/ | Nacht (night) |
| CH (weich) /ç/ | ich (I) | NG /ŋ/ | singen (sing) |
| CH (hart) /x/ | Buch (book) | PF /pf/ | Pferd (Pferd = horse) |
| EU oder ÄU /ɔʏ̯/ | heute, Häuser (today, houses) | QU /kv/ | Quelle (Quell = spring/source) |
| EI /aɪ̯/ | Ei, mein (egg, my) | R /ʁ/ | Rot (red) |
| H /h/ | Haus (house) | S (am Wortanfang) /z/ | Sonne (sun) |
| IE /iː/ | Liebe (love) | V /f/ | Vater (father) |
| J /j/ | Jahr (year) | Z /ts/ | Zeit (time) |
Exceptions!
- The 'r' is pronounced differently depending on the region – in the south often as a tongue-tip 'r', in the north as a guttural sound.
- Umlauts ä, ö, ü are independent vowels – they do not sound like simple variants of a, o, u and often change the meaning of a word (e.g. "schon" vs. "schön").
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