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Dom

Volkswagen

zahlen

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A B C D …E F G H …I J K …Wunderbar.L M N O P Q …R S T U V W …X Y Z …Das ist nett.

Sing to the tune of Frère Jacques (Brother John).

… and for a cheesy alphabet song:

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ä

ö

ü

ß

mädchen

schön

für

heiße

sounds like

made

good

fuel

hiss

End Sounds

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take the sounds of }

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in the final position of words

BadBad

TagTag

WeibWeib /vipe/

/baht/

/tock/

ieepronounced

/eeh//eeh/

eii /aih//aih/

Die Sonne scheint.Die Sonne scheint.iie ei

eueu äuäu /oy//oy/&& ==

neu, läuftneu, läuft

auau /ow//ow/==

HausHausSounds like “how”

Sounds like “boy”

SSprechenhh

SSAuto ssSSle enzz

‘s’ before a consonant

‘s’ before a consonant

‘s’ before a vowel

‘s’ before a vowel

‘s’ in final place

‘s’ in final place

Die ZeitDie Zeit

Z Z sounds likesounds like /ts//ts/As in “As in “Tse tse flyTse tse fly””

‘Tim

e’

Der ReizDer Reizsounds like “sounds like “dare ritesdare rites””

‘charm, stimulous’

PfPfeifeifee

Pronounce both consonantsPronounce both consonants

KnKneipeeipe

ZwZwanziganzigPsPsalmalmUsing only one syllableUsing only one syllable

No silent letters No silent letters

KölnKölnSounds likeSounds like

‘could’ - D + N‘could’ - D + NPronounce the ‘L’Pronounce the ‘L’

English

ar-ticle Ar-ti-kelper-son Per-sonflex-i-ble flex-i-belsys-tem Sys-temha-bi-tu-al ha-bi-tu-ell

Cognates and Stress-shift

German

Shift the stress to the next syllable.

To view another presentation on pronunciation:

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