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Deutsch - German: Das Alphabet Und Die Aussprache - The Alphabets and The Pronounciation

German pronunciation is more consistent than in English, with each letter typically having one sound. Nouns are capitalized and have genders. There is no continuous tense; the helping verb comes second. Umlauts (ä, ö, ü) modify vowels and are pronounced like the base vowel + e. The Eszett (ß) represents "ss". Compound letters like ch and sch have distinct sounds. Pronunciation rules apply to word endings and beginnings.

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Deutsch - German: Das Alphabet Und Die Aussprache - The Alphabets and The Pronounciation

German pronunciation is more consistent than in English, with each letter typically having one sound. Nouns are capitalized and have genders. There is no continuous tense; the helping verb comes second. Umlauts (ä, ö, ü) modify vowels and are pronounced like the base vowel + e. The Eszett (ß) represents "ss". Compound letters like ch and sch have distinct sounds. Pronunciation rules apply to word endings and beginnings.

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DEUTSCH - GERMAN

I] Das Alphabet und die Aussprache - The Alphabets and the pronounciation :

German pronounciation is much easier than in English. For eg. The alphabet A is
pronounced in different ways in English in the following words - tar, gate, hall, at,
woman etc.

- German has one sound for one alphabet i.e. they are pronounced as they are spelt.

- There are no silent alphabets, every alphabet is sounded.

- All nouns should be capitalized. For eg. : This is a tree. But in German, we
write - Das ist ein Baum. (the alphabet B
is capital).

- Learn nouns with their genders. der (masc.), die (fem.) or das (neut.)

- There is no Continuous Tense in German Language, -


i.e. ‘I am swimming’ and ‘I . . . . swim’ is same as ‘Ich schwimme’ in German.

- The help Verb in every sentence is always in the second place. (have, to be, and the
modals)

A B C D E F
Ah Bay Tsey Day ay eff
ask able gate
G H I ee J K L
gay God Hah Ink, tin yo ka l
Gym Island Yatch, young

M N O P Q R
Emm Enn ओ pay koo air

S ess T U V W X
Zzz Te उ fow Vay iks
Father Volkswagen
Y Z Ää Öö Üü ß - ss
ip si lon Tset english „A“ Young English ess-tsett
„you“
II ] THE UMLAUT :
There are 3 additional sounds other than the above . The vowels, A,O,U, have two
dots above each of them and they are pronounced as that alphabet + e. These
alphabets are written in capital or in small depending on the word.

Ä sounds ae - as in the word ‘gate’ eg.- gefällt, Mädchen, spät


(the English ‘A’.) feeling, girl, late
 The difference betwn. a & ä - Gast & Gäste, Plan & Pläne, Schrank & Schränke.
Guest & Guests, plan & plans, cupboard &
cupboards
Ö sounds oe - as in the word ‘young’ eg. – möchten, wöchentlich, schön
would like to, weekly, beautiful.
 o & ö - Wort & Wörter, Topf & Töpfe, schon & schön.
Word & words, utensil & utensils, already &
beautiful

Ü sounds ue - as in the word ‘you’ eg. - müde, fünf, Bücher, Tür.


(the english ‘U’) tired, five, books, door.

 u & ü - Buch & Bücher, Kuchen & Küche, Stuck & Stücke.
Book & books, cake & Kitchen, piece &
pieces

III] Das Eszett - ‘SS’ or ß - The double S words.


Eg : Strae, heißen, Fuß, groß, ich weiß
road, namely, foot, big, i know …..
s - Wasser - water, bisschen – little, e- Tasse – cup, lassen – to let/ allow , messen – measure

IV Compound Letters :

ch - kh eg. Das Buch (book), die Nacht (night), auch (also).


if preceded by any umlaut, i or e - Nächte, Bücher, nicht, echt
Sch - ssshhh Schule

 Pronounciation of words ending in :

d - as t. eg. Freund - (freunt) friend. und - (oont) and.


ig - as ‘sha’ eg. billig - (billish) cheap, fertig - (fertish) finish
e - with the `ah` sound at the end of the word. müde, fade…
g - as k eg. Tag is (tak) day. Ein Tag, 2 Tage
 The words starting with S should be pronounced as `sha`.
 Any word having `ie` is pronounced as in the English word bee. Vier,
 Any word having `ei` is pronounced as in the English word Height, eye. Zwei,
drei, eins…

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