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Spelling to pronunciation
It is said that German spelling is largely phonetic (unlike English spelling), and that there is a fairly reliable set of rules to convert spelling to pronunciation. (Sure, there are some exceptions, ...
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Wann wird das stimmhafte “s” gesprochen?
Da ich mit schwäbischem Dialekt aufgewachsen bin (in dem es das stimmhafte "s" [s̬] nicht gibt), bin ich immer unsicher, wann das "s" stimmhaft gesprochen wird, und wann nicht.
Beispiel:
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Is there a German sound that is similarly difficult for English speakers as th is for German speakers?
Is there a sound in the German language that is similarly difficult for English speakers as th is for German speakers?
