SINGULAR VOWELS
CONSONANTS
MIXED VOWELS
WHAT IN THE UMLAUT?
ich, ech, or ach,och,uch?
100

The letter a in German has these two sounds.

What is [a] and [ɑ]?

100
This is the IPA symbol and sound heard at the beginning of the word "Wandelbar."
What is [v]?
100
This mixed vowel is created with an [i] position of the tongue and an [u] position of the lips.
What is [y]?
100
The following symbol ¨is called this when found on top of a vowel.
What is an umlaut?
100
Bach
What is [x]?
200
Similar to the Italian language, the letters e and o have two sounds in German?
What is [e] and [ɛ] or [ɔ] and [o]?
200
The letter V in German is always pronounced as what English sound and IPA symbol?
What is [f]?
200

This is the open version of [y] and is created with an [I] position of the tongue and [ʊ] position of the lips.

What is [Y]?

200

This umlaut, ä, is pronounced with this sound and the following IPA symbol.

What is [ɛ]?

200
mich
What is [ç]?
300
The letter i in German has these two sounds?
What is [I] or [i]?
300
When d, b, and g are found at the end of a word, the "regular" pronunciation changes to these two sounds respectively.
What is [t], [p], and [k] as in Hand, Haub, and Lieg'.
300

This is the IPA symbol for the mixed vowel that is produced with an [ɛ] of the tongue and an [ɔ] position of the lips.

What is [œ]?

300
Ü has this sound with the following IPA symbol.
What is [y] or [Y]?
300
Becher
What is [ç]?
400

The letter u has these two sounds.

What is [u] and [ʊ]?

400
When Sch, St, and Sp are found at the beginning of a word they are pronounced like the following sounds respectively.
What is [ʃ] [ʃt], and [ʃp]?
400
This IPA symbol [ø] is pronounced with what lip and tongue position?
What is the [e] position of the tongue and [o] position of the lips.
400

Ö has this IPA symbol and two pronunciations.

What is [œ] or [ø]?

400
Buch
What is [x]?
500
This vowel occurs frequently in the German language and is found in the suffixes en, el, and er. Give the name, phonetic sound, and IPA symbol.
What is the schwa [ə]?
500
The letter s is voiced in the following situations.
What is at the beginning of the word, after a voice consonant preceding a vowel, intervocalic, or for the suffixes, sam, and sal.
500

pronounce the following words with mixed vowels and provide the IPA for each: fühlen müssen schön hölle

What is [y], [Y], [ø], and [œ]?

500
eu and äu are both pronounced with this IPA symbol.
What is [ɔø]? p. 100
500
Mädchen
What is [ç]? [mɛtçən]
M
e
n
u