May 4, 2012 · The pronunciation of Grüß dich on that site is decent but doesn't sound like a native speaker's. The r is rolled in a way that doesn't sound German. The ü is ever so slightly off (possibly …

Feb 18, 2025 · I know this is a trivial question, however I have to be sure. How is the word "Ja" (yes) pronounced? I find only the IPA pronounciation jaː online, however, I have …

Nov 26, 2022 · This is also the pronunciation that learners of German as a foreign language should prefer (except they live in a German speaking area south of this line). the real southern pronunciation …

Now pronunciation of a sound is always influenced by surrounding sounds, often in ways that speakers are not aware of, because their language does not differentiate between these versions.

May 18, 2013 · In standard pronunciation, short "ä" is [ɛ] and short "e" is [ə], [ɛ], or [e], where the last one occurs in foreign words ("Methode" [meˈtoːdə]) but rarely in native ones ("lebendig" [leˈbɛndɪç]). …

Jul 26, 2017 · The French pronunciation of René is, of course, quite distinctly different from the German pronunciation of the word. To hear the query word pronounced in Yandex, the Russian word for …

Jun 22, 2025 · The answer to the linked question applies here, too. What you hear is not a French accent, but following Sieb's rules for Bühnendeutsch, probably matched with comparable rules for …

Feb 12, 2015 · I'm a native German, and I can't pronounce the thrilled "r" either. Just use the uvular r (the r back in the throat), this is fine. The thrilled are is only used in the South. Like you, I've tried to …

May 9, 2014 · Regarding the words like Hose, Dose, Rose the pronunciation of the diminutive (Höschen, Döschen, Röschen) is with an explicit "s" phoneme. Opposite to the usual "sch" pronunciation. Is this …

A 'v' in the beginning of a word can be pronounced in one of two ways: /f/: Vater, verrückt, vier, Vogel. /v/: Vanille, Verb, Villa, Vokal, vulgär. My question: Is there a way to know how a word sh...