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Pronunciation of ä

In standard German, a long "ä" is pronounced [ɛː], but the pronunciation differs in some dialects. For instance, it is pronounced [eː] in northern Germany. …
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Pronunciation of Kollege

Is "Kollege" pronounced with an open O [kɔˈleːɡə] or a closed O [koˈleːɡə] ? I'd expect to pronounce that word with an open O because 2 consonants follow the O (but exceptions to this rule exist, eg h …
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Pronunciation of ä [duplicate]

AFAIK a short "ä" is always pronounced /ɛ/ in German, but is there a consensus among native German speakers about the pronunciation of a long "ä" ? … is always pronounced /e:/, a longer version of the first phoneme of the letter "A" in the English word "April" (US pronunciation in IPA syntax: /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/) However, the pronunciation I hear in different …
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Pronunciation of CH in zunächst

However, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zun%C3%A4chst says that the the standard pronunciation of "zunächst" is /tsuˈnɛːçst/ . … Are these inconsistencies in pronunciation of the CH digraph due to regional differences? …
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German pronunciation of English words

pronunciation: /kɔmpjuːtɐ/ German pronunciation if German pronunciation rules were followed: /kɔmputɐ/ Band (musical group) English pronunciation: /bænd/ (US) German pronunciation: /bænt/ German pronunciation … if German pronunciation rules were followed: /bant/ Sandwich English pronunciation: /sændwɪt͡ʃ/ German pronunciation: /sentwit͡ʃ/ , /sentvit͡ʃ/ German pronunciation if German pronunciation rules were …
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Why the second C in "recyceln" is pronounced [k] instead of [ts]?

In German, the letter C is usually pronounced [ts] before E, e.g. "Cent". It seems to me "risaikeln" would make more sense than "recyceln" in German orthography. If the intent was copying the English …
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