If you are a frequent reader of my blog posts you might remember my German pronunciation posts How to pronounce the vowels in German, How to pronounce German words with ‘ei’ and ‘ie’ or Test your German pronunciation with some dinosaurs Today I came across a video I made a while ago, which was fun … Read more
You have learned the German alphabet and are pretty good a spelling words, but how do you pronounce the letters when they are part of words (and not part of the alphabet)? My video (which is part from my online course The German ABC – a complete guide to German pronunciation explains in great details … Read more
How good is your German pronunciation? If you saw an unknown German word, would you be able to pronounce it even if you didn’t know what it meant? Fancy trying it out with the names of some dinosaurs? Have a look at the following names, try to pronounce them in German and then watch the … Read more
When new students learn the German alphabet and come across the umlauts for the first time, they often ask if it matters whether they get the different pronunciation right. The good news is that most of the time the rest of the sentence gives away which word is required. So, even if a German learner … Read more
How can a short German three letter word be complicated? When it has two different pronunciations! The three letters are w, e and g and I often hear people get the pronunciations mixed up. So I’ve made a video for you: In case you want to copy all those words, here there are again: Weg … Read more
As most of you know German words can be fun, especially those long ones. Often my students look at these words and ask me how to pronounce words like ‘Verkehrsverbindungen’ (transport connections) or ‘Haftpflichtversicherung’ (liability insurance) or ‘Geburtstagseinladung’ (birthday invitation). In a lesson it’s easy as I can give them the answer,but what to do … Read more
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