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

See German phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of German.

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b Ball ball
ç ich hue
d dann den
f Fass fast
ɡ Gast guest
h hat hat
j ja yard
k kalt kick
l Last last
m Mast mast
n Naht not
ŋ lang long
p Pakt pack
pf Pfahl p + f
ʁ Rast[1] like a French r
s Hast fast
ʃ schal shall
t Tal tall
ts Zahl cats
Matsch match
v was vast
x Bach as Scottish loch
z Hase hose
ʔ beamtet[2]
([bəˈʔamtət])
the catch in uh-oh!
Non-native consonants
ð Motherboard[3] as in English
Dschungel jungle
ɹ Rockband[4] as in English
w Walkman[5] as in English
θ Thread[6] as in English
ʒ Genie beige, Zsa Zsa
Stress
ˈ Bahnhofstraße
(/ˈbaːnhoːfˌʃtʁaːsə/)
as in ˈbattleˌship
ˌ
Vowels
IPA Examples
stressed and unstressed
a hat
bahn
weit
Haut
Beet
ɛ hätte
ɛː wähle[7]
viel
ɪ bist
Boot
ɔ Post
ɔʏ Heu
øː Öl
œ göttlich
Hut
ʊ Putz
Rübe
ʏ füllt
unstressed only
ɐ Ober
ə halte
Non-native vowels
e Methan
i vital
o Moral
ø Ökonom
u kulant
y Psychologe
ã Pensee[8]
ãː Gourmand[8]
ɛ̃ timbrieren[9]
ɛ̃ː Teint[9]
ɔ̃ Fondue[10]
ɔ̃ː Fond[10]
œ̃ Lundist[11]
œ̃ː Parfum[11]
Marginal vowels
ɔː Walkman[12]
ʌ Motherboard[13]
Semivowels
IPA Examples
ɐ̯ Uhr
Studie
aktuell

Notes

  1. ^ Occasionally transcribed as [r] or [ʀ], which correspond to the value of r in some (mainly Southern) varieties.
  2. ^ Often not indicated at the beginning of a word, although all apparently vowel-initial words in German actually begin with [ʔ].
  3. ^ Many German speakers replace [ð] with [z].
  4. ^ Many German speakers replace [ɹ] with [ʁ].
  5. ^ Many German speakers replace [w] with [v].
  6. ^ Many German speakers replace [θ] with [s].
  7. ^ Often replaced by [eː]
  8. ^ a b Sometimes replaced by [aŋ].
  9. ^ a b Sometimes replaced by [ɛŋ].
  10. ^ a b Sometimes replaced by [ɔŋ].
  11. ^ a b Sometimes replaced by [œŋ].
  12. ^ Many German speakers replace [ɔː] with [ɔ] or [oː].
  13. ^ Many German speakers replace [ʌ] with [a].

Bibliography

  • Duden 6: Das Aussprachewörterbuch (3d edition, 1990, ISBN 3-411-20916-X).