Learn German - Pronouncing The German Alphabet

German Alphabet

Learning the German alphabet is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. Without it, you will not be able to say words properly even if you know how to write those words. The better you pronounce a letter in a word, the more understood you will be in speaking the German language.

Below is a table showing the German alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, and finally examples of how those letters would sound if you place them in a word.

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German Alphabet	English Sound	Pronunciation Example
A a	ah	as in Albert
Ä ä	ah Umlaut	as in Age
B b	beh	as in Berta
C c	tseh	as in Cäsar
D d	deh	as in Dora
E e	eh	as in Emil
F f	eff	as in Friedrich
G g	geh	as in Gustav
H h	ha	as in Heinrich
I i	ee	as in Ida
J j	yot	as in Julius
K k	kah	as in Kaufmann
L l	ell	as in Ludwig
M m	emm	as in Martha
N n	enn	as in Nordpol
O o	oh	as in Otto
Ö ö	oh Umlaut	as in Oops
P p	peh	as in Paula
Q q	kuh	as in Quelle
R r	err	as in Richard
S s	ess	as in Siegfried
ß	ess-testt	as in Super
T t	teh	as in Theodor
U u	uh	as in Ulrich
Ü ü	uh Umlaut	as if the U was double to UU
V v	fow	as in Viktor
W w	veh	as in Wilhelm
X x	iks	as in Xanthippe
Y y	upsilon	as in Ypsilon
Z z	tsett	as in Zeppelin

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