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Prononciation Flashcards

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1
Q

When the letter “B” appears at the end of a word or prefix is sounds like …?

A

“P”

gelb (GELP) - yellow
absagen ( AHP-zah-gen) - to cancel
abfahren (AHP-fah-ren) - to depart

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2
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When “D” appears at the end of a word or prefix it sounds like .. ?

A 
"T"
Kind - KINT
Hund - HUNT
Deutschland - DOITCH-lunt
Abend - AH-bent
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3
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When the letter “G” appears at the end of a word or prefix it sounds like …?

Exception: ng sounds like …?

A 
"K"
weg- VAYK ( path)
lag - LAHK ( lay)
trug - TROOK (wore)
weglaufen - VEHK-low-fen ( to run away)

jung - YOONG

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4
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ß - Ess Tset

Used after …..?

SS

Used after …?

A

ß - Ess Tset - after long vowels and dipthongs

SS - after short vowels

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5
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AA

A

ah as in “ father”

Saal - ZAHL( hall, saloon)

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6
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AU

A

ow as in cow

Frau - FROW

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7
Q

EU

A

oi as in toil
Heu - HOI (hay)
neu - NOI (new)
neuer - NOI-er (newer)

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8
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Ä - A umlaut

A

oi as in toil

FROI- line

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9
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EI

A

i as in high

klein - KLINE (small)

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10
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IE

A

ee as in feet

tief - TEEF ( deep)

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11
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EE

A

ay as in say

Tee - TAY (Tea)

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12
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ER

A

air as in stair

merken - MAIR- ken ( to notice)

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13
Q

ER (at the end of words only)

A 
Sounds like uh as in father
Messer - MESS-uh (knife)
Bilder - BILL-duh (pictures)
Junker - YOONK-uh (titled landowner)
oder - OH-duh (or)
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14
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OO

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Sounds like o as in “home”

Boot - BOTE (boat)

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15
Q

CH (soft ch)

Commonally used after e, i , ei, ie, eu, äu, ö.

A

Soft ch is similar to h as in “human”

Ich - EECH (I)

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16
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CH (gutteral ch)

Generally used after the vowels a, o, u, and au.

A 
Gutteral CH as in Scottish loch
Koch - KOCH (cook)
Buch - BOOCH (book)
Nachts - NAHCHT (night)
nicht - NIHCHT (not)
17
Q

CHS

A

X as in “wax”

sechs - ZEHKS (six)

18
Q

TSCH

A

ch as un church
Deutschland - DOITCH-lunt (Germany)
Tschüss - CHUSS - goodbye

19
Q

SCH

A 
sh as in "shush"
Schuh - SHOO (shoe)
Schüler - SHUE-ler (student)
Schwester - SHVESS-tuh (sister)
schwarz - SHVARTZ (black)
20
Q

SP

A

shp

Sport - SHPORT (sport)

21
Q

ST

A

sht
stark - SHTARK (strong)
Stehen - SHTAY-en (to stand)

22
Q

TH

A

t as in “Tom”

Bibliothek - beeb-lee-oh-TAKE (library)

23
Q

PF

A

pf as in “top fin”
Pferd - PFERD (horse)
Pfennig - PFENN-ik
Pfeffer - PFEFF-uh (pepper)

24
Q

TZ

A

Sounds like ts as in “its”

Hitze - HITS-eh (heat)

25
Q

“h” directly following a vowel is often ..?

A

often silent
gehen - GAY-en (to go)
Sehen - ZAY-en (to see)
stehen - SHTAY-en (to stand)

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