German Pronunciation Lessons
Master German sounds with pronunciation lessons covering vowels, consonants, and diphthongs for clear communication.
50 Lessons
A1 to B2 Levels
Vowels
Vowel: /iห/ (as in 'see')
English Examples
'see'
'machine'
German Examples
'Liebe'
'Biene'
'Sie'
Vowel: /ษช/ (as in 'bit')
English Examples
'bit'
'sit'
German Examples
'mit'
'Kind'
'bitte'
Vowel: /eห/ (as in 'they')
English Examples
'they'
'say'
German Examples
'leben'
'See'
'mehr'
Vowel: /ษ/ (as in 'bed')
English Examples
'bed'
'pen'
German Examples
'Bett'
'Mensch'
'Hemd'
Vowel: /ษห/ (as in 'air')
English Examples
'air'
'bear'
German Examples
'Bรคren'
'wรคhrend'
Vowel: /a/ (as in 'car' (British))
English Examples
'car' (British)
'spa'
German Examples
'Mann'
'Hand'
'alle'
Vowel: /aห/ (as in 'father')
English Examples
'father'
'calm'
German Examples
'Vater'
'Name'
'Tag'
Vowel: /oห/ (as in 'go')
English Examples
'go'
'no'
German Examples
'Brot'
'rot'
'Ofen'
Vowel: /ษ/ (as in 'pot')
English Examples
'pot'
'dog'
German Examples
'offen'
'Sonne'
'kommen'
Vowel: /uห/ (as in 'food')
English Examples
'food'
'moon'
German Examples
'gut'
'Schule'
'Uhr'
Vowel: /ส/ (as in 'put')
English Examples
'put'
'foot'
German Examples
'Mutter'
'Hund'
'Butter'
Vowel: /yห/
English Examples
(no direct equivalent)
German Examples
'รผber'
'mรผde'
'Tรผr'
Vowel: /ส/
English Examples
(no direct equivalent)
German Examples
'mรผssen'
'Hรผtte'
'fรผnf'
Vowel: /รธห/
English Examples
(no direct equivalent)
German Examples
'schรถn'
'Hรถhle'
'Kรถnig'
Vowel: /ล/
English Examples
(no direct equivalent)
German Examples
'Hรถlle'
'kรถnnen'
'รถffnen'
Vowel: /ษ/ (as in 'sofa')
English Examples
'sofa'
'about'
German Examples
'bitte'
'Name'
'haben'
Vowel: /ษ/
English Examples
(no direct equivalent)
German Examples
'besser'
'Mutter'
'Lehrer'
Diphthongs
Diphthong: /aษช/ (as in 'my')
English Examples
'my'
'high'
German Examples
'mein'
'eins'
'Blei'
Diphthong: /aส/ (as in 'now')
English Examples
'now'
'house'
German Examples
'Haus'
'Maus'
'braun'
Diphthong: /ษส/
English Examples
(no direct equivalent)
German Examples
'neu'
'heute'
'Freund'
Consonants
Consonant: /p/ (as in 'pen')
English Examples
'pen'
'apple'
German Examples
'Papa'
'Apfel'
'Papier'
Consonant: /b/ (as in 'bat')
English Examples
'bat'
'cab'
German Examples
'Brot'
'Baum'
'ab'
Consonant: /t/ (as in 'top')
English Examples
'top'
'bat'
German Examples
'Tag'
'Tisch'
'bitte'
Consonant: /d/ (as in 'dog')
English Examples
'dog'
'mad'
German Examples
'drei'
'Dorf'
'Kind'
Consonant: /k/ (as in 'cat')
English Examples
'cat'
'back'
German Examples
'Kaffee'
'Kuchen'
'Bock'
Consonant: /g/ (as in 'go')
English Examples
'go'
'bag'
German Examples
'gut'
'Gans'
'Tag'
Consonant: /f/ (as in 'fish')
English Examples
'fish'
'off'
German Examples
'Fisch'
'fรผnf'
'Hof'
Consonant: /v/ (as in 'van')
English Examples
'van'
'wave'
German Examples
'Vater'
'Wagen'
'was'
Consonant: /z/ (as in 'zoo')
English Examples
'zoo'
'rose'
German Examples
'Sonne'
'lesen'
'sagen'
Consonant: /ส/ (as in 'shoe')
English Examples
'shoe'
'shy'
German Examples
'Schule'
'schรถn'
'Fisch'
Consonant: /รง/
English Examples
(no direct equivalent)
German Examples
'ich'
'Milch'
'Licht'
Consonant: /x/ (as in Scottish 'loch')
English Examples
Scottish 'loch'
German Examples
'Bach'
'lachen'
'Dach'
Consonant: /h/ (as in 'hat')
English Examples
'hat'
'home'
German Examples
'Haus'
'heiร'
'Hut'
Consonant: /m/ (as in 'man')
English Examples
'man'
'some'
German Examples
'Mutter'
'Mann'
'kommen'
Consonant: /n/ (as in 'no')
English Examples
'no'
'ten'
German Examples
'nein'
'Nase'
'Mann'
Consonant: /ล/ (as in 'sing')
English Examples
'sing'
'long'
German Examples
'singen'
'bringen'
'Junge'
Consonant: /l/ (as in 'love')
English Examples
'love'
'bell'
German Examples
'Lampe'
'Liebe'
'Ball'
Consonant: /ส/ (as in French 'rue')
English Examples
French 'rue'
German 'rot'
German Examples
'rot'
'Brot'
'Lehrer'
Consonant: /j/ (as in 'yes')
English Examples
'yes'
'yellow'
German Examples
'ja'
'Jahr'
'Junge'
Consonant: /ts/ (as in 'cats')
English Examples
'cats'
'tsunami'
German Examples
'Zeit'
'Katze'
'Herz'
Consonant: /pf/
English Examples
(no direct equivalent)
German Examples
'Pferd'
'Pfanne'
'Apfel'
Consonant: /tส/ (as in 'church')
English Examples
'church'
'cheese'
German Examples
'Tschechien'
'Tschรผss'
Consonant: /dส/ (as in 'judge')
English Examples
'judge'
'jam'
German Examples
'Dschungel'
'Jeans'
Consonant: /s/ (as in 'see')
English Examples
'see'
'bus'
German Examples
'Haus'
'besser'
'groร'
Consonant: /ส/ (as in 'measure')
English Examples
'measure'
'vision'
German Examples
'Journal'
'Garage'
Consonant: /ส/ (as in 'uh-oh')
English Examples
'uh-oh'
'button' (in some dialects)
German Examples
'beachten'
'Theater'
'verantworten'
Consonant: /kv/ (as in 'quick')
English Examples
'quick'
'queen'
German Examples
'Quelle'
'Quark'
'Quiz'
Consonant: /v/ (as in 'vase')
English Examples
'vase'
'vet'
German Examples
'Wasser'
'Wald'
'Weg'
Consonant cluster: /สp/, /สt/
English Examples
(no direct equivalent)
German Examples
'Spiel'
'Stuhl'
'Straรe'
Consonant: /dz/ (as in 'adze')
English Examples
'adze'
'pods'
German Examples
'Sud'
'Sudel' (rare)