German Pronunciation Guide

[Ctanr]

similar to the chinese pronunciation Guide ill make a guide for german so that the guys of WWW dont have to fear to butcher up names
everything not on this list is like in english

a -> like the a in hard
e -> like the e in bet but more the tongue is higher, like the first part of the a in Face
g -> like the g in guy
i-> like the i in kit
j -> like y in yes
o-> like ou in Thought but more closed
q-> like kv
r-> that one is hard use your finest imitation of the german accent for it
u->like the oo in food but short
v-> like F
w-> like V
z-> like ts
ä-> something between the german A and E
ö-> something between the german O and E
ü-> something between the german U and E
sch- like sh
ch-> thats hard... after A,O,U its like the ch in the scottish Loch in other places its something between an S and sh with the tongue to the roof
eu-> like the OI in Choice
ei->like the I in Fire
ie-> a long german I

i havent included some special cases

please say if some things are unclear or if i missed something

@Da9L now you have no excuse to not say german names
GO FOR IT!

 

[CyberianK]

g is wrong its y

like in Yermany

 

[VoodooEconomist]

Great guide!

An optional thing - one can pronounce "ch" at the end of a word as one would the English "ck" or even harder as "g". This makes you sound more South German or even Austrian

 

[Dalnar]

Yermany!

 

[Mioman]

I found this map to lead to almost acceptable results. At least as far as modern states/capitals in Germany go

 

[Stablebrew]

Never forget:

That "F" in "World Domination" stands for "Fun"

a german native

 

[Ctanr]

Never forget:

That "F" in "World Domination" stands for "Fun"

a german native

and the P in Deutschland stands for peaceful coexistence

 

[Ctanr]