Aussprache - Questions on how to correctly speak a word.
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Audio Aussprachewörterbuch für “offline usage” für das iPad?
Ich brauche akustische Ausspracheangaben (audio pronunciations) fürs iPad; auch für "offline usage". Chats zum Thema hier und hier.
Wo finde ich solche?
P.s. Ich versuche auch ein ...
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“Selbständig” or “Selbstständig”? [duplicate]
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Selbständig vs. selbstständig
Both "selbständig" and "selbstständig" exist, being used in the same context in German. Still, I am not sure if there is a ...
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'y' as a vowel in German
I encountered the word "Typ" (en:type) which has a 'y' serving as a vowel; in this case a 'ü', I believe.
Is this a singular case or are there more words in which 'y' is used as a vowel?
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Phonetic help for 'Frobenius'
My intuition says ['fʁɔbɪnjuːs] but not sure about it.
BTW, The person in question is 'Ferdinand Georg Frobenius' (the mathematician).
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wirklich vs wirklich
You may read the following two texts aloud:
Ich sage dir doch, entgegen aller Behauptungen ist Bob kein Baumeister!
Er ist wirklich ein Bauer!
compare it with
Bob ist der Dümmste und ...
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How to pronounce the ending -ig if it has another consonant after it?
Or more specifically, in the case of the small Austrian village "Obergnigl",
is it pronounce:
/obergnɪçl/ or /obergnɪgl/
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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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German words database
I'm searching any good database about german words (substantives currently, but a more comprehensible database will go down well also), with, almost, the following information:
Word name: in ...
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Gibt's eine Regel ob man “ch” als “sch” oder “ch” (asperiert) ausspricht? [duplicate]
Often I hear native speakers pronounce "Ich" to sound like "Isch". Is that one of the few exceptions to pronouncing the two consonants as in "Bach" where the sound is aspirated? Are there other cases ...
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What is the “correct” way of pronouncing - ig and the end of the word [duplicate]
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How is the ending -ig pronounced, and where?
In all of my German books and several websites (as in this one),
it is said that an -ig suffix it is pronounced as -ich ...
