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Pronunciation - The Alphabet The Alphabet The German alphabet consists of 26 letters. Ä, Ö, Ü and ß are in addition to that. Some letters are pronounced differently in German than in other ...
The German alphabet consists of 26 letters, just as in English. However, the German letters aren't all pronounced exactly as their English counterparts. Click on each letter and its accompanying example to hear its pronunciation. Note that the pronunciation shown is only approximate and is for the letter itself, not the way it may be sounded in ...
The German alphabet includes the three standard vowel sounds for the letters a (ah), o (oh) and u (ooh), but when these letters are combined with the Umlaut as ä, ö, and ü, their pronunciation changes (read on to learn how). The three ‘umlauted’ vowels are official additional letters of the German alphabet.
Below is a table showing the German alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, and finally examples of how those letters would sound if you place them in a word. German Alphabet. English Sound. Pronunciation Example. A a. ah. as in Albert. Ä ä. ah Umlaut.
