Language/German
German Alphabet
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2019. 3. 26. 12:34
Alphabet
The modern German alphabet consists of the twenty-six letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet plus four special letters.
Name (IPA) | Spelling Alphabet | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | a | /aː/ | Anton |
| B | b | /beː/ | Berta |
| C | c | /t͡seː/ | Cäsar |
| D | d | /deː/ | Dora |
| E | e | /eː/ | Emil |
| F | f | /ɛf/ | Friedrich |
| G | g | /ɡeː/ | Gustav |
| H | h | /haː/ | Heinrich |
| I | i | /iː/ | Ida |
| J | j | /jɔt/; in Austria sometimes /jeː/ | Julius |
| K | k | /kaː/ | Kaufmann; in Austria Konrad |
| L | l | /ɛl/ | Ludwig |
| M | m | /ɛm/ | Martha |
| N | n | /ɛn/ | Nordpol |
| O | o | /oː/ | Otto |
| P | p | /peː/ | Paula |
| Q | q | /kuː/; in Austria /kveː/ | Quelle |
| R | r | /ɛʁ/ | Richard |
| S | s | /ɛs/ | Samuel; in Austria Siegfried |
| T | t | /teː/ | Theodor |
| U | u | /uː/ | Ulrich |
| V | v | /faʊ̯/ | Viktor |
| W | w | /veː/ | Wilhelm |
| X | x | /ɪks/ | Xanthippe; in Austria Xaver |
| Y | y | /ˈʏpsilɔn/; in Austria /ʏˈpsiːlɔn/ | Ypsilon |
| Z | z | /t͡sɛt/ | Zacharias; in Austria Zürich |
Special Alphabet
German uses three letter-diacritic combinations (Ä/ä, Ö/ö, Ü/ü) using the umlaut and one ligature (ß (called Eszett (sz) or scharfes S, sharp s)) which are officially considered distinct letters of the alphabet.
Name (IPA) | Spelling alphabet | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ä | ä | /ɛː/ | Ärger |
| Ö | ö | /øː/ | Ökonom; in Austria Österreich |
| Ü | ü | /yː/ | Übermut; in Austria Übel |
| ẞ | ß | Eszett: /ɛsˈt͡sɛt/ scharfes S: /ˈʃaʁfəs ɛs/ | Eszett; in Austria and Southern Germany Scharfes S |