ipa/Standard German

The charts below show the way International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard German language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wiki: Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Standard German phonology and German orthography § Grapheme-to-phoneme correspondences for a more thorough look at the sounds of German.

Consonants
DE AT CH Examples English approximation
b bei; ab (AT, CH) ball
c China, Leipzig (AT, CH) cute
ç ich, durch; China, Leipzig (DE) hue
d dann; Kleid (AT, CH) done
f für, von, Phänomen fuss
ɡ gut; Tag (AT, CH) guest
h hat hut
j Jahr, Yo-Yo yard
k kann, cremen, sechs; Tag (DE) cold
l Leben last
Mantel bottle
m Mann must
großem rhythm
n Name not
beiden sudden
ŋ lang long
p Person, ab (DE) puck
pf Pfeffer cupful
ʁ r reden DE: French rouge
AT, CH: Scottish red
s lassen, groß, Haus fast
ʃ schon, Stadt, spitz, Champagner, Ski shall
t Tag, Stadt; Kleid (DE) tall
ts Zeit, Platz, Potsdam, Celle cats
Matsch, Cello match
v was, Vase vanish
x nach Scottish loch
z s Sie, diese DE: zebra
AT, CH: soup
ʔ beamtet [bəˈʔamtət] uh-oh!
Non-native consonants
Dschungel, Pidgin jungle
ð Motherboard this
ɹ Spray rice
θ Thatcherismus think
w Web, Whiskey, Squash web
ʒ Genie, Entourage pleasure
Stress
ˈ Bahnhofstraße
[ˈbaːnhoːfˌʃtʁaːsə]
battleship /ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/
ˌ
Syllable break
. Ephraim
[ˈeːfra.ɪm]
flower /ˈfl.ər/ (contrasting with flour /ˈflaʊər/)
Vowels
DE AT CH Examples English approximation
Monophthongs
a alles, Kalender father, but short
aber, sah, Staat father
ɛ Ende, hätte bet
ɛː spät, wählen RP hair
eben, gehen, Meer mate
ɪ ist sit
liebe, Berlin, ihm seed
ɔ kommen off
oder, hohe, Boot story
œ öffnen somewhat like hurt; RP ugh
øː Österreich, Möhre, adieu somewhat like heard
ʊ und pull
Hut, Kuh tool
ʏ müssen, Ypsilon somewhat like cute
über, Mühe, psychisch somewhat like few
Diphthongs
ein, Kaiser, Haydn, Verleih, Speyer high
auf vow
ɔʏ Euro, Häuser choice
Reduced vowels
ɐ ər immer DE, AT: frustration
CH: Scottish letter
ə ɛ Name DE: balance (but not sofa)
AT, CH: GA accent
Semivowels
ɐ̯ r Uhr DE, AT: sofa
CH: Scottish far
Studie, Italien yard
Pointe quite
Linguist, Gouache would
Etui somewhat like evaluation
Non-native vowels
ãː Gourmand, Engagement, Restaurant, Chance French Provence
ɛ̃ː Pointe French quinze
ɛɪ Mail face
õː Garçon French Le Monde
ɔː stalken, Motherboard dog
ɔʊ Code American goat
œ̃ː Parfum French emprunte
œːɐ̯ øːr surfen, Gouverneur roughly like RP bird
Shortened vowels
ã engagieren French chanson
ɛ̃ impair French vingt-et-un
e Element roughly like dress
i Italien seat
o originell story, but short
õ fon French Mont Blanc
œ̃ Lundist French vingt-et-un
ø Ökonom roughly like hurt
u Universität, Souvenir truth
y Psychologie like meet, but with the lips rounded

See also

Citations

General and cited references

  • Hall, Christopher (2003) [First published 1992], Modern German pronunciation: An introduction for speakers of English (2nd ed.), Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, ISBN 0-7190-6689-1
  • Krech, Eva Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz-Christian (2009), Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch, Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter, ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6
  • Mangold, Max (2005), Das Aussprachewörterbuch (6th ed.), Duden, ISBN 978-3411040667

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