German

Das Alphabet

Letter Phonetic Name Example
A a /a:/ aa der Apfel-apple die Ameise-ant die Ananas-pineappple
B b /be:/ bay Banane - banana
C c /tse:/ tsay Couch - couch Computer - computer Cent - cent
D d /de:/ day Deutschland - Germany Dose - can
E e /e:/ ey Elefant - elephant Esel - donkey Ente - duck
F f /ɛf/ eff Fisch - fish Familie - family
G g /ge:/ gay Gitarre - guitar Gabel-fork
H h /ha:/ ha Haus - house Hose-trouses
I i /i:/ eeh Igel - Hedgehog Insel-island
J j /jɔt/ yott Joghurt - Yoghurt Jeans-jeans
K k /ka;/ ka Kaffee - coffee Kuchen-cake
L l /ɛl/ ell Liebe - love Lampe-lamp
M m /ɛm/ emm Mann - nan Maus-mouse
N n /ɛn/ en Nagel - nail Nase-nose
O o /o:/ o Orange - orange
P p /pe:/ pay Pinguin - penguin Reisepass-passport
Q q /ku:/ koo Quiz - quiz Radio-radio
R r /ɛʁ/ air Rot - red
S s /ɛs/ ess Sonne - sun
T t /te:/ tay der Tee-the tea das Taxi-taxi
U u /u:/ ooh die Uhr-clock Urban-urban Buch-book der Unfall-accident
V v /faʊ/ fow Vogel - bird Vase-vase
W w /ve:/ vay Wolke - cloud Wasser-water
X x /iks/ iks Xylofon - xylophone Taxi-taxi
Y y /'ipsilɔn/ oopsilohn Yak-yak Yoga-yoga Pyramide-pyramid Handy-handphone
Z z /tsɛt/ tset Zebra - zebra
Ä ä /ɛ:/ eyyyy Bär (bear), haben – hatte – hätte Mädchen-maiden
Ö ö /ø:/ eyo Öl - oil öffnen-open
Ü ü /y:/ eyu fünf - five
ß /ɛs'tɛst/ ess-tset fuß - foot

A, a, a, Winter ist da! E, e, e, Eis und Schnee. I, i, i, vergiss mich nie. O, o, o, wir sind froh. U, u, u was ich tue?

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Deutschkurs: Lauttabelle

verb conjugation

conversation

Umlaut

| Two dots above a vowel are called an Umlaut, it is used to change the pronunciations of three vowels in the German alphabet

Zahl (singular), Zahlen (plural)

Number Name Number Name
0 null 10 zehn
1 eins 11 elf
2 zwei 12 zwölf
3 drei 13 dreizehn
4 vier 14 vierzehn
5 fünf 15 fünfzehn
6 sechs 16 sechzehn
7 sieben 17 siebzehn
8 acht 18 achtzehn
9 neun 19 neunzehn
10 zehn 20 zwanzig

Nouns often have these endings:

Masculine Feminine Neutral
er e/ie chen
el tion o
ling heit lein
ich ei en
ig in il
ner ik ma
ismus keit tel
or schaft ment
us ung nis
eich tät tum
ant ur um

Wiederholung

Definite Articles - THE

Nouns in German are always capitalized!

The definite article (der/die/das) is always lowercase unless it is at the beginning of a sentence. Always capitalize the first word of each sentence.

Vokabeln (vocabulary)

sich vorstellen - introducing yourself

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Asking directions

Buying a ticket

Inspecting the Hotel Room

Describing People & Things

Asking for a Free Seat

do & don't

Birthday

Preferences

What to Get & Where


  1. conjugation
  2. conversation

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