Sam's German Learning Notes

German Alphabet

Audio
by Kiwi

The name of letters (slowly, then quickly), follow by
the sound of those letters within a word (slowly, then quickly)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z    Ä Ö Ü
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z    ä ö ü ß

German Letters with approximate English phonetic spelling
A ah J yoht S ess
B bey, bay K kah T tee, tay
C cee, tsay L el U oo
D dee, day M em V fow
E ey, ay N en W vay
F eff O oh X eeks
G gear, gay P pay Y irp-se-lon
H hah Q koo Z tset
I ee R ehr

Do not pronounce
gray-out letters

 

Pronunciations Umlaut accent
& ligature
Common conversions
  • ie = ee
  • eu = oi
  • au = owl
  • sch = sch
  • ch = he (after e/i) /
    ha (after a/o/u)
  • ä = ae
  • ö = oe
  • ü =ue
  • ß = ss
  • c-k
  • v-f
  • t-d
  • e-i

 

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