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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