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55 Cards in this Set
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A |
like 'a' in "astronaut", 'a' in "far" Apfel |
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E |
like 'e' in "ten", 'a' in "bake" |
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I |
like 'i' in "bingo" |
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O |
like 'oo' in "door", like 'o' in "top" |
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U |
like 'ou' in "you" |
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Ä |
(Umlaut, transcribed as 'ae') like 'e' in "ten", 'a' in "band"
('e' in "melon" and 'a' in "age" |
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Ö |
(Umlaut, transcribed as 'oe') like 'i' in "Sir"
"Flirt" "Girl" |
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Ü |
(Umlaut, transcribed as 'ue')
Über with very pursed lips |
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Y |
same as 'ü', but also consonant "j" in words of foreign origin ("Yacht") |
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B |
like 'b' in "bed" |
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C |
like 'ts' in "bits" before 'i' and 'e'; like 'k' in "kid" else |
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D |
like 'd' in "dog" |
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F |
like 'ph' in "phone" |
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G |
like 'g' in "go" (never as in "giraffe") |
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H |
like 'h' in "help" |
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J |
like 'y' in "yoga" |
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K |
like 'c' in "cat" |
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L |
like 'l' in "love" |
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M |
like 'm' in "mother" |
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N |
like 'n' in "nice" |
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P |
like 'p' in "pig" |
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Q |
like 'q' in "quest" (always with "u") |
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R |
like 'r' in "arm", like 'r' in "feather" (often like silent "h") |
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S |
like 'z' in "haze" |
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T |
like 't' in "top" |
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V |
like 'f' in "father", or like "v" in "victory" |
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W |
like 'v' in "victory", never like 'wh' in "whisky" |
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X |
like 'cks' in "kicks" |
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ß |
like 'ss' in "hiss" |
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au |
like 'ow' in "how"
(Auge means eye) |
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ah |
like 'a' in "bar", longer than 'a' |
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äu |
like 'oy' in "boy" |
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ei |
like "eye" like 'i' in "wine"
(Ei means egg) |
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eu |
like 'oy' in "boy"
(Europa) |
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eh |
long 'e' |
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ie |
like 'ee' in "week", longer than 'i' |
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ieh |
like 'ee' in "week", longer than 'i', fundamentally no difference to 'ie' |
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oh |
like 'oo' in "door", longer than 'o' |
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uh |
like 'ou' in "youth", longer than 'u' |
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'ch' after 'a', 'o,' 'u' and 'au' |
like 'ch' in Scottish "loch", spoken in the throat, like 'j' in German Or like a cat's hiss.
(Buch means book) |
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'ch' after 'i' and 'e'
and 'l', 'n', and 'r'
and after 'ä', 'ö', 'ü', 'äu', and 'eu' |
like 'h' in "huge" or "hee hee hee" (Ich) |
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'ch' at the beginning of a word |
'k' like 'ch' in "character" |
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ck |
"K" like 'ck' in "blocking" |
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ng |
like both 'ng' in "singing", never like 'ng' in "finger" |
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pf |
like 'f' in "fish" |
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sch |
like 'sh' in "sheep"
(Schule means school) |
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'sp' at the beginning of a word |
like 'shp' in "fish pool"
(sprechen means to speak) |
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ss |
like 'ss' in "hiss", in contrast to 'ß', makes the preceding vowel shorter. Also used as transcription for 'ß' in URLs or on foreign keyboards. |
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'st' at the beginning of a word |
like 'sht' in "ashtray"
(stehen means to stand) |
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ai |
like "eye" like 'i' in "wine"
(Mai means May) |
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qu |
'kv' (Quella means source) |
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tsch |
'ch'
deutsch means German tschüss means bye |
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th |
'T' Theater = tee-ah-ter |
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chs |
'X' Sechs means 6 |
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Z |
Like the 'ts' in "bits" (And also "soul"?) Zoo= s-owh |
