Pronunciation of vowels – PART 1
Let’s start with the first part of German Vowels. Whatch the video and follow the table:
Learn German pronounciation with the Video: Vowels PART 1Examples for the German Vowels Pronunciation:
(first line always presents the long pronounciation, the second line – the short one)
| written posibilites | examples | |
| A | a ah aa |
Abend (evening) Zahl (number) Staat (state) |
| a | Stadt (city) | |
| I | i ih ie ieh |
wir (we) ihr (you) vier (four) er sieht (he sees) |
| i | bitte (please) ist (is) |
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| O | o oh oo |
Hose (trouser) wohnen (to live) Boot (boat) |
| o | hoffen (to hope) kommen (to come) |
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| U | uuh | buchen (to book) |
| u | Mutter (mother) lustig (funny) |
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| E Ä |
e | gern (gladly) Bett (bed) helfen (help) |
| ä äh |
Bär (bear) gähnen (to yean) Käse (cheese) |
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| e in unstressed syllables, prefixes, endings | bitte (please) Geschwister (siblings) lesen (to read) |
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| Ö | öoh | hören (to listen) Söhne (sons) |
| ö | Hölle (hell) |