| Characteristics of German | Front Vowels | Back Vowels | Mixed Vowels | Consonants | 
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					  [l]					 
					
					 Which consonants on dental? 
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					  [i:]					 
					
					 i + h = what IPA transcription? 
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					  [u:]					 
					
					 u + single consonant= what IPA transcription? 
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					  [y:]					 
					
					 y + a single consonant= what IPA letter? 
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					  [v] 					 
					
					 spelling w= what IPA letter? 
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					  Umlauts					 
					
					 What are the two dots above these letters called? ä, ö, ü 
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					  [ɛ]					 
					
					 e + 2 or more consonants= what IPA transcription? 
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					  [o:]					 
					
					 The spelling "oo" is transcribed with what IPA letter?  
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					  [œ]					 
					
					 ö + 2 or more consonants= what IPA letter? 
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					  [ç]					 
					
					 i + ch= what IPA letter? 
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					  Eszett					 
					
					 What is this letter, ß, called? 
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					  [e:]					 
					
					 ee = what IPA transcription? 
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					  open [ʊ]					 
					
					 Final "-us" is transcribed as open u or closed u? 
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					  [y:]					 
					
					 ü + h= what IPA letter? 
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					  [j]					 
					
					 spelling j= what IPA letter? 
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					  German has a more frontal/forward placement of vowels.					 
					
					 What is the main difference between the English and German languages? 
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					  [ɪn]					 
					
					 Feminine ending "-in"= what IPA transcription?[ɪn] 
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					  open! [ʊ]					 
					
					 Is the "u" in Cherub transcribed as an open or closed u? 
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					  enunciate a closed [i:] while rounding the lips like [u:]					 
					
					 How does one enunciate a closed [y:] position?  
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					  [ʃ]					 
					
					 spelling sch= what IPA letter? 
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					  Nouns!					 
					
					 What is always capitalized in German? (Not in IPA transcription) 
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					  bin, in, bis, hin, im, mit					 
					
					 Name one open [ɪ] exception word 
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					  ob, von, vom					 
					
					 Name one open [ɔ] exception word 
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					  blöße, flöße, Größe, stößt, höchst, rösten, trösten					 
					
					 Name one closed [ø] exception word 
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					  [ʁ]					 
					
					 schwa + r + consonant or final= what IPA letter? 
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