The modern German alphabet consists of the twenty-six letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet:
Alphabet
|
Name (IPA) |
Spelling alphabet | |
|
a |
/aː/ |
Anton |
| B |
b |
/beː/ |
Berta |
| C |
c |
/t͡seː/ |
Cäsar |
| D |
d |
/deː/ |
Dora |
| E |
e |
/eː/ |
Emil |
| F |
f |
/ɛf/ |
Friedrich |
| G |
g |
/ɡeː/ |
Gustav |
| H |
h |
/haː/ |
Heinrich |
| I |
i |
/iː/ |
Ida |
| J |
j |
/jɔt/; in Austria /jeː/ |
Julius |
| K |
k |
/kaː/ |
Kaufmann; in Austria Konrad |
| L |
l |
/ɛl/ |
Ludwig |
| M |
m |
/ɛm/ |
Martha |
| N |
n |
/ɛn/ |
Nordpol |
| O |
o |
/oː/ |
Otto |
| P |
p |
/peː/ |
Paula |
| Q |
q |
/kuː/; in Austria /kveː/ |
Quelle |
| R |
r |
/ɛʁ/ |
Richard |
| S |
s |
/ɛs/ |
Samuel; in Austria Siegfried |
| T |
t |
/teː/ |
Theodor |
| U |
u |
/uː/ |
Ulrich |
| V |
v |
/faʊ̯/ |
Viktor |
| W |
w |
/veː/ |
Wilhelm |
| X |
x |
/ɪks/ |
Xanthippe; in Austria Xaver |
| Y |
y |
/ˈʏpsilɔn/; in Austria /ʏˈpsiːlɔn/ |
Ypsilon |
| Z |
z |
/t͡sɛt/ |
Zacharias; in Austria Zürich |
Special characters
The bellow are Special characters
Name (IPA) Spelling alphabet
|
|
|
|
| Ä |
ä |
/ɛː/ |
Ärger |
| Ö |
ö |
/øː/ |
Ökonom; in Austria Österreich |
| Ü |
ü |
/yː/ |
Übermut; in Austria Übel |
|
ß |
Eszett: /ɛsˈt͡sɛt/
scharfes S: /ˈʃaʁfəs ɛs/ |
Eszett; in Austria and Southern Germany Scharfes S |
Fore more details and practicing better go through
wikipedia article here
| Alphabet | Pronunciation | German Word (With translation) |
| A | Ah | Arm (arm) |
| B | Beh | Baby (baby) |
| C | Tseh | Celsius (celsius) |
| D | Deh | Debatte (debate) |
| E | Eh | Eskimo (eskimo) |
| F | Eff | Familie (family) |
| G | Geh | Gold (gold) |
| H | Hah | Haus (house) |
| I | Ih | Idee (idea) |
| J | Yott | Januar (january) |
| K | Kah | Kaffee (coffee) |
| L | Ell | Lampe (lamp) |
| M | Emm | Mutter (mother) |
| N | Enn | Nase (nose) |
| O | Oh | Ozean (ocean) |
| P | Peh | Pause (pause) |
| Q | Kuh | Quiz (quiz) |
| R | Err | Regen (rain) |
| S | Ess | Salami (salami) |
| T | Teh | Telefon (telephone) |
| U | Uh | Uhr (clock) |
| V | Fau | Vater (father) |
| W | Veh | Wilkommen (welcome) |
| X | Iks | X-Beine (knock-knees) |
| Y | Ypsilon | Yoga (yoga) |
| Z | Tzett | Zombie (zombie) | | | |
| Umlaut | Approximate English Sound | German Example |
| Ä | cat | Mädchen (girl) |
| Ä | cat | Käse (cheese) |
| Ö | turn | Öffnung (opening) |
| Ö | turn | schön (nice) |
| Ü | Jerusalem | fünf (five) |
| Ü | Jerusalem | Tür (door) |
For German language learning you can visit
German Language Learning Website- German Alphabet shown here only.
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