Rocket German: German Vowels

German Vowels

A, E, I, O and U are called vowels. Vowels in German are pronounced differently according to whether the vowel is short or long. It’s the same in English. For example the vowel “a” in the English word “cat” is short where as the “a” in “farmer” is long. In the following example a short vowel will be listed like this “a” and a long vowel like this ”a_”.

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Vowel Sound	Approximate English Sound	German Example
a	cut	kalt (cold)
a_	harm	sagen (to say)
e	belt	Geld (money)
e_	need	Regen (rain)
i	hit	Insel (island)
i_	meet	Igel (hedgehog)
o	got	offen (open)
o_	note	Boot (boat)
u	foot	rund (round)
u_	moon	rufen (to call)

Diphthongs

Diphthongs are two vowels together. Instead of pronouncing each one separately you blend them together.

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Diphthongs	Approximate English Sound	German Example
au	noun	Haus (house)
äu	boy	Häuser (houses)
eu	boy	Teufel (evil)
ei	eye	Ei (egg)
ie	free	Liebe (love)

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