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

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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

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End Sounds

b d g

p t k

in the final position of words

Weib /vipe/ Bad Tag

/baht/ /tock/

ie ei

/eeh/
pronounced

/aih/

Die Sonne scheint. ie ei

neu, luft
Haus

eu u /oy/
&

au = /ow/

prechen S h leS en z AutoSs

Die Zeit

sounds like

As in Tse tse fly

/ts/

Der Reiz
sounds like dare rites

Pronounce both consonants

Pfeife Kneipe Psalm Zwanzig

Using only one syllable

No silent letters

could - D + N
Pronounce the L

Sounds like

Cognates and Stress-shift

English German

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

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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