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A strange greeting! Servos?
Ever since I have arrived in Germany, I have been picking up words I here often and then going back home to check their meanings. There is one word that still baffles me.
It is a form of greeting.
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Why is “Zeile” but not “Zeiger” differently pronounced in the south?
For both nouns there is a similar pronunciation of "-ei-" in standard German:
Zeile: [ˈʦaɪ̯lə]
Zeiger: [ˈʦaɪ̯ɡɐ]
When people in some southern German regions try to speak non-dialect German the ...
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Are “Xylofon” and “xenophob” really pronounced with /ks/?
Pronunciation dictionaries suggest that words beginning with "x", such as "Xylofon" and "xenophob", should be pronounced with /ks/. This sounds awkward every time I try.
How common is it for ...
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How is the ending -ig pronounced, and where?
I've heard the following alternatives for pronouncing the ending -ig of words like fertig and lustig:
/ɪç/ (as in mich)
/ɪʃ/ (as in Fisch)
/ɪg/
/ɪk/
Where are the different pronunciations used? ...
