ဝိက်ရှေန်နရဳ:ပညာရမျာင်ဂျာမာန်

German consonant pronunciation

IPA	Examples	English approximation
//	Ball	ball
//	ich, durch	hue
//	dann	done
//	Dschungel	jungle
//	Fass, Vogel	fuss
//	Gast	guest
//	hat	hut
//	ja	yard
//	kalt, Tag	cold
//	Last	last
//	Mast	must
//	Naht	not
//	lang	long
//	Pakt, hab	puck
//	Pfahl	cupfull
//	Rast	like a French R (a voiced uvular fricative)
//	Wasser	fast
//	Schal, Stein	shall
//	Tal	tall
//	Zahl	cats
//	Matsch	match
//	was	vanish
//: [], []	Bach	loch (Scottish)
//	Hase	hose
//	Genie	beige, measure
[]	Beamter ([bəˈʔamtɐ])	the glottal stop in uh-oh!
Stress
	Bahnhof ([ˈbaːnˌhoːf])	as in battleship [ˈbætəlˌʃɪp]

German vowel pronunciation

IPA	Examples	English approximation
Monophthongs
//	Dach	bra (but shorter)
//	Bahn	bra
//	Beet	face
//	Bett, hätte	bed
//	wähle	as above but longer; like RP English barely
//	viel	meet
//	bist	sit
//	Boot	somewhat like bone
//	Post	boss
//	Öl	somewhat like hurl; French deux
//	göttlich	close to hurt or French sœur
//	Hut	true
//	Putz	took
//	Rübe	French rue
//	füllt	much like the above but shorter
Diphthongs
/aɪ̯/	weit	tie
/aʊ̯/	Haut	how
/ɔɪ̯/	Heu, Räuber	boy
Reduced vowels
//	Ober	fun
//	halte	comma
Semivowels
/ɐ̯/	Uhr	uh
/i̯/	Studie	magnolia
/u̯/	aktuell	visual
/y̯/	Libyen	French huit
Unstressed full vowels
//	Methan	(short [eː])
//	vital	city (short [iː])
//	Moral	(short [oː])
//	Ökonom	(short [øː])
//	kulant	virtue (short [uː])
//	Psychologie	(short [yː])