Pronoucing ö

onen5

onen5

December 2, 2008

The grammar section has this listed but both the long and the short sound the same. I ran across a word in 1.2 that uses this character. möchtest and möchte I am have a heck of a time trying to figure out how to pronounce these two properly. I believe they both are pronounced differently from each other too. I hear something like: m-air-k-test for möchtest and something like: murk-ta for möchte Should they be different? And does anyone have any suggestion on how best to shape my mouth and tongue for these? Thanks
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December 3, 2008

Hi there, möchtest and möchte should really sound more or less the same (the first part of it anyway). We have a pronunciation guide on our website. Please visit the following link to find some examples of how to say the sound "ö". https://www.rocketlanguages.com/german/free/alphabet.php Let me know if you need some more examples. Thanks.

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