a

b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m

ah
beh
tseh
deh
eh
eff
geh
hah
ih
yawt
kah
ell
em

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n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z

en
oh
peh
koo
err
ess
teh
ooh
fow
veh
iks
ppsilon
tset

Dom

Volkswagen

zahlen

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m

ah
beh
tseh
deh
eh
eff
geh
hah
ih
yawt
kah
ell
em

n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z

en
oh
peh
koo
err
ess
teh
ooh
fow
veh
iks
ppsilon
tset

a ah
b beh
c tseh
d deh
e eh
f eff
g geh
h hah
i ih
j yawt
k kah
l ell
m em

n en
o oh
p peh
q koo
r err
s ess
t teh
u ooh
v fow
w veh
x iks
y ppsilon
z tset

mdchen

schn

fr

heie

End Sounds

b
d
g

p
t
k

in the final position of words

Weib /vipe/
Bad

/baht/

Tag

/tock/

ie
ei

/eeh/
pronounced

/aih/

Die
ie Sonne scheint.
ei

eu u /oy/
&

neu, luft

au = /ow/

Haus

prechen
Sh
leS
z en
AutoSs

Die Zeit

sounds like

/ts/

As in Tse tse fly

Der Reiz
sounds like dare rites

Pronounce both consonants

Pfeife Kneipe
Psalm Zwanzig
Using only one syllable

No silent letters

Sounds like

could - D + N
Pronounce the L

Cognates and Stress-shift

English

ar-ticle
per-son
flex-i-ble
sys-tem
ha-bi-tu-al

German

Ar-ti-kel
Per-son
flex-i-bel
Sys-tem
ha-bi-tu-ell

Shift the stress to the next syllable.

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