Lina Inverse
Hentai Koutaishi
I've now compiled a detailled chart for the German pronunciation which also includes the equating English sounds with example words and the official Ipa pronunciation
Archive containing sound files demonstrating the German sounds
Test your hearing! Can you tell the German sounds apart, especially the umlauts? Click on the mouth to hear the audio sample and select either A or B.
Archive containing sound files demonstrating the German sounds
Test your hearing! Can you tell the German sounds apart, especially the umlauts? Click on the mouth to hear the audio sample and select either A or B.
Code:
[FONT=Lucida Console]German Ipa English Example
letter sound sound (corresponding sound capitalized)
Vowels
a [a] ah fAther
? [?] a Appetite
au [aU] ow knOW
e [e] eh Education
ei [aı] see ex. EYE, wIne
eu/?u [oY] oi/oy vOIce, bOY
i/ie [i] ee/ih nIpple
o [o] oh Order (but less open)
? [?] see ex. similar to 'u' in hurry
u [u] oo mOOn
? [y] see ex. like 'u' in French "c?te azure"
Consonants
b [b] b Beer (can sound like p at the end of a syllable)
ch 1 [?] - voiceless: as in German "ich"
ch 2 [x] - voiced: as in Scotch loch or German machen
never like choco, only like k in foreign words
d [d] d Deep (can sound like t at the end of a syllable)
f [f] f Free
g [g] g/gh Grateful, GHerkin, never like Gin!
(can sound like voiced ch at the end of a word)
h [h] h Happy
j [j] y Yeah
k [k] k Keep
l [l] l Love
m [m] m Mighty
n [n] n Nice
p [p] p Pretty
qu [q] qu QUick
r [r] (r) softer than English r
s 1/? [s] s voiceless: Sunny
s 2 [z] z voiced: Zealous
sch 1 [ʃ] sh voiceless: SHiny
sch 2 [ʒ] j w/o d voiced: as in Jungle, but without initial d
sp [ʃp] shp (beginning of a word only, also in compound words)
st [ʃt] sht (beginning of a word only, also in compound words)
t/th [t] t Titilating
v 1 [f] f voiceless: Fine (as in German "viel")
v 2 [v] w voiced: Want (as in German "Vase")
w [v] w Winner
z [ts] ts wiTS[/FONT]
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