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Intergermanisch bukstävensätt und utspråk

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Hier är de utspråken af jëd Intergermanisch bukstave, diagraf und diftongen til ein Änglisch perspäktif.

  • A - as in apple - IPA [aː]

  • Å - as in oar - IPA [ɔː]

  • Ä - as in eleven - IPA [ɛː]

  • B - as in boat - IPA [b]

  • C - as in centre (no k sound) - IPA [s]

  • D - as in date - IPA [d]

  • E - as in llama - IPA [ə]

  • Ë - as in meme (this letter only appears between two letters in a word) - IPA [eː]

  • F - as in fan - IPA [f]

  • G - as in go - IPA [g]

  • H - as in house - IPA [h] (in some cases the H after the vowel is not pronouced)

  • J - as in York - IPA [j]

  • K - as in kite - IPA [k]

  • L - as in little - IPA [l]

  • M - as in mother - IPA [m]

  • N - as in nectar - IPA [n]

  • O - as in other - IPA [oː]

  • Ö - as in bird in some accents - IPA [øː] or [œ] when the vowel is shortened by two same consonants in front

  • P - as in Peter - IPA [p]

  • R - as in rather (sounds of R can vary from each Germanic language) - IPA [r]

  • S - as in set - IPA [s]

  • T - as in tea - IPA [t]

  • U - as in boot - IPA [uː]

  • Ü - as in few - IPA [yː] or [ʏ] when the vowel is shortened by two same consonants in front

  • V - as in violin - IPA [v]

  • W - as in vine in some accents - IPA [ʋ]

  • X - as in text - IPA [ks]

  • Z - as in zoo (however a minority of words have the sound Z replaced with S) - IPA [z] or [s]

Diagrafen:

  • Ch - as in loch - IPA [x]

  • Sch - as in she - IPA [ʃ]

  • Tsch - as in chat - IPA [tʃ]

  • Dsch - as in jungle - IPA [dʒ]

  • Zj - as in genre - IPA [ʒ]

  • Ts - as in pizza - IPA [ts]

  • Ng - as in ring - IPA [ŋ]

Diftongen:

  • Ai - as in “I” am - IPA [aɪ]

  • Ei - as in lay - IPA [ɛɪ]

  • Au - as in loud - IPA [aʊ]

  • Åu - as in low - IPA [ɔʊ]

  • Eu - as in good - IPA [ʊ]

  • Ëe - as in Tanzania - IPA [eə]

  • Ie - as in eat - IPA [iː]

  • Ee - as in me in some dialects (only appears at the end of the word) - IPA [eː]

  • Åi - as in loin - IPA [ɔɪ]

  • Öi - IPA [œɪ]

  • Ui - IPA [ʊɪ]

  • Uw - as in Kuwait (rare semivowel, only appears in words of Celtic origin or words outside of Europe, the sound is similar to Dutch) - IPA [yʊ]