Alphabet & Pronunciation

Letter	Name	Pronunciation	Example
a	ah	a as in father	das
b	bay	b as in baby	bitte
c	tsay	ts as in its
d	day	d as in day (at end: t)	das
e	ay	e as in get (eh: long)	geht
f	ef	f as in fan	auf
g	gay	g as in go (at end: k)	gut
h	hah	h as in hot	haus
i	ee	i as in hit (ih: long)	ist, ihnen
j	yoht	y as in your	ja
k	kah	k as in kid	kommen
l	el	l as in law	lauter
m	em	m as in mother	machen
n	en	n as in new	nein
o	oh	o as in not (oh: long)	wo, wohnen
p	pay	p as in peach	sprechen
q	koo	q as in quit
r	ehr	r as in rod	lehrer
s ß (ss)	es	z as in zoo (at end: s) sh as in she (before p, t) s as in see	sie sprechen heissen
t	tay	t as in talk	bitte
u	oo	u as in put	gut
v	fow	f as in fan	vater
w	vay	v as in vase	was
x	iks	x as in axiom
y	ipselon	y as in
z	tzet	tz as in	zehn

Umlaut & Diphthongs

Consonant clusters