Alphabets Pronunciation Examples/application

a Aa Abend, Ananas (pineapple)

b Bay Beckam, Boden (floor)
c Say (also ‘k’) Clara
d Day Danke, dunkel (dark)
e a Elefant, enorm (enormous)
F Ef Fisch
g Gay gerne (gladly), genug (enough)
h Ha Herbst (Autumn)
i E ich (I), Ihnen (with you)
j yawt Ja (yes), jetzt (now)
K Ka Kuchen (cake)
l El Lampe (lamp)
m Em Montag (Monday)
n En Nein (no), nicht (not)
O O rot (red), Wort (word)
p Pay parken (to park)
q Ku quer (diagonal)
r Air Regen (rain)
s Es Sache (thing), Sie (you)
t Tay Tasche (bag), Tee (t-a-y) = (tea)
u Oo Buch (book),
v Fa-oo Volkswagen (VW)
w Way Wasser (water)
x ix Xylofon
Y Yupsilon -
Z Ts-set Zebra, zehn (ten)
Ss Ess-set Fussball (football),
Nuss (nut)
Umlauts as used in a keyboard
ä –Alt 132 Ai(r ) Äpfeln (apples)
Ä – Alt 142
ö-Alt 148 uyo schön (beautiful)
Ö- Alt 153 Purse your lips
ü –Alt 169 Yu Übercool (v.v.cool)
Ü – Alt 154 Yu

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 Buchstabe Aussprache Application/Anwendung
Kombinationen
-ach Aak Nacht (night), acht (eight); lachen (to laugh)

-ech Ey-sh Pech (Bad luck); recht (right)

ish
-ich awk Milch, vielleicht, weich (milk, maybe, soft)
och Steinbock (Capricorn)
o-k
Ohne (without)

oo-ck Buch (book), Fuchs (fox)

uch

au au Bauch (stomach)
ei i Wein (wine)
ie ee wie, liegen (how, to be located)
eu/aü = oy oy (like in boy) Deutsch (doytsch)
ig ish/ig Way-nish, lay-dish, (less, single)

S….. s z…….s Saisonen, Siemens (seasons, Siemens)

Sp……sp Shp…..sp Spielen, best, nächst (to play, best, next)
St Sht….st (shtoo-dent) = student, stark (shtaa-rk) = strong

U oo Uhr (watch); unmöglich – impossible

J y Ja , jung, jetzt (yes, young, now)
O Aw, o Wort, Korb (word, basket); rot (red)

V = fa-oo Faa..ooo von – f-a-w-n (from, of, by); Ventilator (venti-la-

tor) =fan (frg)

Z…z Ts….ts Zoo, Zeit, Matiz (zoo, time, matiz)

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