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Learn German - Prnounciationby =TaNa-Jo

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Learn German #5

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BUT FOR MY COMING SERIES "LEARN GERMAN" THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE I WONT WRITE THE SPELLING NEXT TO THE FOLLOWING PARTS! YOU SHOULD LEARN THE PRONOUNCIATION BEFORE CONTINUE WITH MY PARTS

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Diacritics

German uses the umlaut to alter the sounds of the vowels a, o and u: ä, ö and ü are distinctly different sounds than their un-umlauted relatives. One occasionally sees them printed in alternative spelling as ae, oe and ue, especially when someone has had trouble figuring out how to print an umlaut. The German alphabet also uses one extra consonant: the letter ß is called "es-tset", and is pronounced like an ordinary English s. One sometimes sees it printed as ss.

Vowels

As in English, German vowels generally have both long and short variants, and would-be long vowels are often shortened when they precede multiple consonants (e.g. Schmidt = shmit, not shmeet). Likewise, would-be short vowels are lengthened by doubling of the vowel (e.g. Staat = shtaht, Boot = boht, See = zay), or by the letter "h" placed after the vowel (e.g. Mahler = mah-ler, ohne = oh-nuh). Don't ever pronounce ee or oo the English way in a German word. Also take note of the German final e: it's not silent, but it is very short.

Diphthongs

These sounds are always the same. Do not confuse ie with ei, unless you want to annoy many people.

Consonants

Two rules you should know but can get away with not following: r is swallowed at ends of syllables as in British English (it colors the preceding vowel but is not pronounced), and voiced consonants at ends of syllables become voiceless (d becomes t, etc.).

Stress

The vast majority of German words are stressed on the first syllable. This rule fails most commonly in the following cases:

► Words that begin with certain short prefixes, the most common being ge-, be-, ver-, zer-, er- and ent-, are stressed on the syllable after this prefix, e.g. geteilt = ge-tiylt, betreten = be-tray-ten. Achtung: a few fairly common words begin with a ge- that is NOT grammatically a prefix, and therefore doesn't follow the above rule, e.g. gehen = gay-en (the verb "to go"), and gestern = gehs-turn

► In most words that contain the syllable ier (e.g. studieren, reserviert, regierende), this syllable is stressed. Many of these are Latin-derived verb forms with recognizable cognates in English.

► Occasionally you'll run across a word that has its stress on the last syllable; most of these are Latinate words which have cognates in French (and often also in English). One important example is Musik = moo-zeek. Those who know German well learn to recognize such words automatically, others are safest assuming stress on the first syllable when in doubt.

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~AmeNoBluy800 May 20, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Ich glaub das einzige Wort, das ich kenne und welches man nicht wie jedes andere ausspricht, ist "Koffeinhaltig". Hat früher immer voll aufgeregt, dass man nicht "ei" sagen darf. xD

=TaNa-Jo May 21, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Hahah ja xD

~wackyforwakko May 16, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

thank you so much!! i am trying to learn german from a book, but i was never really sure about the pronunciations...
question: im confused about how you pronounce "ch" in german. i speak hebrew, and i know there you pronounce it from the throat (theres no real sound like it in english)- is that how you pronounce it in german, too? (please answer, anybody! thanks!)

=TaNa-Jo May 21, 2013 Student Digital Artist

uhm well..

ch we spell it ... in the throat and like ..there are 2 pronunciations of the 'ch' in Standard German, according to what vowels precede the 'ch'.

you have the 'front' ch, and the 'back' ch, front being higher in the throat than the back, which is lower in the throat. the front ch is pronounced in the same position as an 'sh', except that you keep the teeth open rather than closed. the back ch, of course, sounds like you are hacking up some phlegm.

the front ch occurs after the front vowels and sounds, namely ä, e, i, ö, ü=y, ie, ei, eu.
the back ch occurs after the back vowels and sounds, namely a, o, u, and au.

(the same rules should also hold when these vowels *follow* the 'ch'. try them out and see...)

when you are talking about regional variations, like Norden, Bavarian, Austrian, and Swiss, these rules go out the window, and you will hear everything from 'k' to 'sh'.

~wackyforwakko May 21, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

thank you so much for taking the time to answer! this really helped me

=TaNa-Jo May 21, 2013 Student Digital Artist

^^np

~TrueYoshiteru May 18, 2013 New member Hobbyist General Artist

"ch" has different ways to pronounce... e.g. the "ch" in "ich" is not the same as in "lachen"... But I'm sorry because I don't know how to explain how you pronounce it right... :/
but I hope I could help you at least a little :3
And sorry for the bad english, cuz I'm from germany and stuff xD

~wackyforwakko May 18, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

thank you

~armageddonsAxis May 16, 2013 Student General Artist

This is so much more helpful than the pronunciation guide in my German phrasebooks. o-o

~AGLtaria Mar 5, 2013 Student Digital Artist

I was really glad I found this, I'm trying to learn German but all I have is a Macquarie's book for now. =w=

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