The alphabet consists of the same 26 letters as English alphabet, plus 5 extra ones. German pronunciation of letters is in many places the same as English, as well as how to write them, however there are some unique letters and different ways of pronouncing some other letters.
Total 31 alphabets are given below :
Total 31 alphabets are given below :
German Alphabet |
Aa as in the word “ask” and never as in the word “able”
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Bb same as in English
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Cc usually in “sch” “ch” or “ck” rarely out of these letters.
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Dd same as in English
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Ee as in “elevated”
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Ff same as in English
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Gg like in the word "God", never pronounced as in the word “gym”.
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Hh same as in English.
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Ii as in the word “ink” never as in the word “island”
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Jj similar to the letter “y” in “yacht”
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Kk same as in English
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Ll same as in English
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Mm same as in English
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Nn same as in English, most of the German letters are just like English.
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Oo same as in English “Old” never as in “Hot” which is pronounced somehow like {hat}
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Pp same as in English
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Qq same as in English but rare.
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Rr same as in English but slightly like as in “gh” as in the French “Merci”
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Ss sounds like “z”.
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Tt same as in English but not as sharp.
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Uu sounds like “oo” or “uu”, never as in the word “up” or “university”
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Vv sounds like “f”
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Ww sounds like “v”
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Xx same as in English although rare.
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Yy same as in English although rare.
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Zz sounds like “ts”
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Additional German letters:
Ä /ä, Ö/ ö, Ü / ü. ß (called scharfes s)
Ä /ä sounds more like “e”
Ö/ ö sounds more like “oe”
Ü / ü sounds more like “ue”
ß sounds like “ss”
Compound letters:
Sch: sounds like “sh”
Ch: sounds sometimes like “sh” or like “kh”.
St: sounds like “sht” at the beginning, and like “st” at the end of a word.
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