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The ulvular trill of the German r is tricky for us. I can do it after a vowel but not very well at the start of a word.
The ch in ich takes a while to master, but mostly because beginners tend to assimilate it with English sh, not because it's terribly hard. The ch in nach is easier.
ü also takes a while to get to grips with.
I consider none of the other ...
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There is a short but quite concise overview on German pronunciation on Wikipedia. When it comes to more profound details definitions from the International Phonetic Association (IPA) are recommended.
Pronunciation examples that are found on most online dicitionaries are based on IPA rules using their clearly defined Phonetic Alphabet.
Here are a few ...
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Wikipedia bietet eine wunderbare Übersicht darüber, wann das S stimmhaft gesprochen wird:
im Anlaut vor Vokal, zwischen zwei Vokalen, zwischen [l], [m], [n], [ŋ], [r] und Vokal, sowie vor [l], [m], [n], [r], wenn es eine verwandte Wortform gibt, bei der vor diesen Konsonanten ein Schwa gesprochen wird.
Beispiele: Sage [ˈzaːgə] oder [ˈz̥aːg̥ə], ...
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There's also a Wikibook, which isn't complete, but it's summarized and has a few good hints:
Wikibook – German/Grammar/Alphabet_and_Pronunciation
A simple method of recognizing whether a vowel is likely to be long or short in a German word is called the Rule of double consonants. If a vowel is followed by a single consonant — as in haben (have) [or] ...
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As a Brazilian, my native language is Brazilian Portuguese. I found it much, much easier to learn the German phonemes than the English ones, both to understand and to pronunce them.
However, there are some phonemes that are a bit tricky in German. The umlauted vowels are a bit of a challenge. However the ch is way harder. I can say I did not "get it" yet.
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