Can someone tell me what is the rule when the letter "I" come before the letter "E" when spelling German words.
I befor E when Spelling

Honest Tom S
November 10, 2014

jason☺
January 3, 2015
Hi Tommy,
Have a look here:
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34356/why-is-it-true-that-i-before-e-except-after-c
[..."in German, the rule (when explained to native English speakers) is that when I meets E, the second vowel is the sound of the pair, and is sounded long. So, EI is sounded like "aye", and IE is "ee"...]
To your question about spelling, just reverse the rule as explained here http://german.about.com/library/anfang/blanfang_abc2.htm
[German is a much more phonetically consistent language than English. This means that German words almost always sound the way they are spelled—with consistent sounds for any given spelling. (e.g., the German ei - as in nein - spelling is always sounded EYE, whereas German ie - as in Sie - always has the EEE sound.) ]
Try this google search I created if you want to verify other sources: http://goo.gl/nZYvcp
-Jason

Byron-K21
May 16, 2015
Hi Jason and Tommy,
Tommy may have been asking a different question. Many German verbs are spelled correctly with both 'ei' and 'ie'. The difference is whether you are writting in the present or past tense.
Tommy may have been asking a different question. Many German verbs are spelled correctly with both 'ei' and 'ie'. The difference is whether you are writting in the present or past tense.