Listening practice for long vs. short vowels

Question

I'm looking for good resources or exercises for practicing recognizing long vs. short vowels. Minimal pair recordings in "quiz" format would be ideal.

I know when reading whether a vowel should be long or short, and if I pay attention I can pronounce them correctly. But reliably hearing the difference is still hard for me.

Answer 1

You can find various German pronunciation practices via Google, but I found German pronunciation practice useful to make a hand in German vowels.

For more information before clicking the link, it includes:

• Pronunciation of German vowels
• Pronunciation of "o" in German
• Pronunciation of "ö" in German
• Short or long vowels in German
• Double vowels' pronunciation in German
• Pronunciation of dipthongs in German
• Pronunciation of "r" following e, o, u, ä, ö, ü
• Pronouncing "e" in the last syllable
• Pronunciation of "ch" in German

And each part is completed by a good list of examples which can be played, you can see the translation of words by moving the cursor over the word.