The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents German language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See German phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of German.
ਹੋਰ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ Consonants, Examples ...
Consonants |
IPA | Examples | English approximation |
b |
Ball[1] | ball |
ç |
ich, durch | hue |
d |
dann[1] | done |
f |
Fass, Vogel | fuss |
ɡ |
Gast[1] | guest |
h |
hat | hut |
j |
ja | yard |
k |
kalt | cold |
l |
Last | last |
m |
Mast | must |
n |
Naht | not |
ŋ |
lang | long |
p |
Pakt | puck |
pf |
Pfahl | cupfull |
ʁ |
Rast[2] | roughly like loch (Scottish English) |
ʀ |
No English equivalent |
r |
roughly like water (American English) |
s |
Hast | fast |
ʃ |
schal, Stein | shall |
t |
Tal | tall |
ts |
Zahl | cats |
tʃ |
Matsch | match |
v |
was | vanish |
x |
Bach[3] | loch (Scottish English) |
z |
Hase[1] | hose |
ʔ |
beamtet[4] ([bəˈʔamtət]) | the glottal stop in uh-oh! |
Non-native consonants |
dʒ |
Dschungel[1] | jungle |
ʒ |
Genie[1] | pleasure |
Stress |
ˈ |
Bahnhofstraße ([ˈbaːnhoːfˌʃtʁaːsə]) |
as in battleship |
ˌ |
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Vowels |
IPA | Examples | English approximation |
Monophthongs |
a |
Dach | bra (but shorter) |
aː |
Bahn | bra |
eː |
Beet | face |
ɛ |
Bett, hätte | bed |
ɛː |
wähle[5] | says |
iː |
viel | feel |
ɪ |
bist | sit |
oː |
Boot | roughly like law (British English) |
ɔ |
Post | hospitality |
øː |
Öl | roughly like hurt |
œ |
göttlich | roughly like hurt |
uː |
Hut | true |
ʊ |
Putz | took |
yː |
Rübe | roughly like few |
ʏ |
füllt | much like the above but shorter |
Diphthongs |
aɪ |
weit | tie |
aʊ |
Haut | how |
ɔʏ |
Heu, Räuber | roughly like boy |
Reduced vowels |
ɐ |
Ober[2] | fun |
ə |
halte | comma (when pronounced without stress) |
Semivowels |
ɐ̯ |
Uhr[2] | comma |
i̯ |
Studie | studio |
u̯ |
aktuell | actual |
Non-native vowels[6] |
e |
Methan | (short [eː]) |
i |
vital | city (short [iː]) |
o |
Moral | (short [oː]) |
ø |
Ökonom | (short [øː]) |
u |
kulant | (short [uː]) |
y |
Psychologie | (short [yː]) |
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