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The rule of thumb about double consonants applies to consonants within the same morpheme. So "Gen" sounds a long e, and so does "Gentechnik", because the n and t belong to different parts of the word, ...

I'm inclined to answer negatively as far as Standard German is concerned. I know you mentioned Northern Germany, but then again your recording is definitely Standard German. German vowel contrasts ...

Vowels such as /o/, /ø/ or /i/ are called long or tense and stand in opposition to /ɔ/, /œ/, /ɪ/, which are called short or lax.* As the chosen IPA symbols indicate, these phonemes differ by quality. ...

This rule is true for Erbwörter (sorry, I don't know the english term. Maybe "inherited words"?). These are words that are part of German language since it started to exist (how ever you ...

The word schreiben has a so called Reduktionssilbe. In such syllables, the Schwa is often reduced or even deleted in everyday speech. reduced Schwa: -e, -em, -es, -est reduced Tiefschwa: -er, -ern, -...

As @Roland already said in his comment "Ökologie" is a greek loan word. The greek language has two different kinds of "o", the "small o" and the "large o": ...

There are two different pronunciations for »schreiben« but non of them contains a vowel in its last syllable. Both contain a vocalized consonant. The two variations are: [ˈʃʀaɪ̯bn̩] [ˈʃʀaɪ̯bm̩] When ...