| Alphabet |
German forthright pronunciation |
Examples/examples |
| A
a |
ah |
ab (from), der Apparat (appliance, phone) |
| Ä ä |
ay |
der Äther (ether), die Fähre (ferry) |
| B
b |
bay |
bei (at, near), das Buch (book) |
| C
c |
say |
die City (downtown), der Computer |
| D
d |
day |
durch (through), dunkel (dark) |
| E
e |
ay |
elf (eleven), wer (who), er (he) |
| F
f |
eff |
faul (lazy), der Feind (enemy) |
| G g
|
gay |
das Gehirn (brain), gleich (same, equal) |
| H
h |
haa |
die Hand (hand), halb (half) |
| I
i |
eeh |
der Igel (hedgehog), immer (always) |
| J
j |
yot |
das Jahr (year), jung (young) |
| K
k |
kah |
der Kalender (calendar), kennen (know) |
| L
l |
ell |
langsam (slow, slowly), die Leute (people) |
| M
m |
emm |
mein (my), der Mann (man) |
| N
n |
enn |
die Nacht (night), nein (no), nicht (not) |
| O
o |
oh |
das Ohr (ear), die Oper (opera) |
| Ö ö |
ooh |
Österreich (Austria), öfters (once in a while) |
| P
p |
pay |
das Papier (paper), positiv (positive) |
| Q
q |
koo |
die Quelle (source), quer (crossways) |
| R
r |
err |
das Rathaus (city hall), rechts (right) |
| S
s |
ess |
die Sache (matter), das Salz (salt), seit (since)Lazy Calculator Daquan |
| ß |
ess-zett
(s-z ligature)
|
Lower case only. Replaces 'ss' in some words. Not used in Swiss German.
groß (big, great), die Straße (street)
BUT: das Wasser (water), dass (that), muss (must)
|
| T
t |
tay |
der Tag (day), das Tier (animal) |
| U
u |
ooh |
die U-Bahn (subway, metro), unter (below) |
| Ü ü |
uyuh |
über (over, about), die Tür (door) |
| V
v |
fow |
der Vater (father), vier (four) |
| W
w |
vay |
wenn (if, whenever), die Woche (week) |
| X
x |
ixx |
x-mal (umpteen), das Xylofon |
| Y
y |
oop-see-
lohn |
der Yen (yen), der Typ (type) |
| Z
z |
zett |
zahlen (pay), die Pizza, zu (to, too) |