| A | B |
|---|
| German "W" as in "Wann, Was, Wie, und Wer" | English "V", German has no English "W"sound |
| German "EI" "Ich heisse Fritz" | English long "i" |
| German "IE" as in "Auf Wiedersehen!" | English long "e" |
| German "Z" as in "Mozart" | English "ts" "tsunami" or "tse-tse fly" |
| German "U" as in "du" | English "oo"--"moon" |
| German "CH" as in "ich" | no English sound |
| German "EU", as in "Deutsch" | English "OI"--"oil" |
| German "SCH" as in "Schule" | English--"SH" |
| German "TSCH" -"Deutschland" & "Tschüs!" | English--"CH" as in "church" |
| German "D" in "Abend" and "und" | English "T" |
| German "D" as in "du" | English "D" |
| German "G" in "Tag" | English "K" |
| German "G" in "Gute Nacht" | English "G" as in "dog" |
| "SP" as in "ich spreche Deutsch" | English "SHP", doesn't occur in English |
| German "ST" as in "Student" | Yiddish "SHT" as in "shtick" |
| South German "R" | Tongue trilled "R", doesn't occur in English |
| standard German "R" | a gutteral, gurgling sound: none comparabe in English |
| German vowel sound "R"-"der" | English like "long A-AH" |
| German "J" as in "Ja!" or "Jesus" | English "Y" |
| German "T" & "TH" as in "Beethoven" | English "T", German has no English "th" sound as in "the" or "think" |
| German "AU" as in "Auf Wiedersehen" | English "ou" as in "loud" |
| German "S" as in "sehr gut" or "Siegfried" | English "Z" sound |
| German "SS" or "ß" as in "ich heisse Günther." | English "S" as in "hiss" |
| German "U" as in "und" | English "u" as in "book" |
