Aussprache - Questions on how to correctly speak a word.
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R's: Trilled R, Uvular Fricative R, and Uvular Trill R
I've read that the Bavarian accent (or the southern regions in general) uses a trilled R -- IPA [r] -- instead of the "standard" voiced uvular fricative -- IPA [ʁ]. I've also read that the uvular ...
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Milch? Milsh? Why the pronunciation difference?
I'm working my way through the Pimsleur German series, and I've noticed that one of the speakers has what seems to me a strange pronunciation of the word Milch.
He pronounces the ch like the sh sound ...
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What is the correct pronunciation [duplicate]
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How is the ending -ig pronounced, and where?
My parents were from Vienna and for years I heard them pronounce words such as zwanzig, fertig, notwendig etc., by ending in ...
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When is the last sound of a syllable unvoiced?
It is very common to unvoice consonant sounds appearing last in a word.
die Hand -- /hant/ -- d → /t/
der Tag -- /taːk/ -- g → /k/
der Staub -- /ʃtaʊp/ -- b → /p/
This sometimes happens with ...
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Schreibweise und Aussprache von aus dem Englischen stammenden Akronymen im Plural
Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob Akronyme, die von der englischen Sprache entlehnt sind, im Plural mit oder ohne "-s" am Ende geschrieben und ausgesprochen werden.
Ich selbst verwende in der ...
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Are there other words that are only partly Germanized, like “Toilette”?
The word Toilette is pronounced /toalɛtə/ in standard German. It retains the original French /toa/, but its end is pronounced as it would be, were it a German word: /ɛtə/ instead of /ɛt/.
Are there ...
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Wie sprechen die Salzburger den Namen ihrer Stadt aus?
Es geht mir um den Buchstaben g in Salzburg. Auf Forvo habe ich mir die Aussprache zweier Österreicher angehört, die /g/ sagen; aber die beiden wohnen nicht in Salzburg. Wie sagen die Salzburger das? ...
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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:
See ...
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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? ...
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Do you always pronounce ST as SHT?
If you have a word like 'Strasse' and it forms part of a street name for example, then I would assume that you still pronounce the word as though it were by itself.
But are there examples of when you ...
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Wann spricht man „ie“ als Diphthong aus?
„ie“ hat die folgende mögliche Aussprachen:
/iː/ („Miete“)
/i̯ə/ („Familie“, „Petersilie“)
/i̯e/ („Karriere“)
Wie kann man wissen, ob „ie“ als Diphthong oder Monophthong ausgesprochen ist?
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Where to find IPA transcriptions of Hochdeutsch online?
Where can I find a comprehensive online resource for IPA transcriptions of the "official" pronunciation of German words?
