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Pronunciation

Phonetic Script

Diphthongs

Here you learn about the phonetic script used for the German diphthongs. Diphthongs are phones which consist of two vowels. To listen to the pronunciation, click on the little button in front of the respective word.

Script	Letter			German	English
[ai]	ei or ey			sein	to be
				die Familie Meyer	the family Meyer
[ai]	ai or ay			Mai	May
				die Familie Mayer	the family Mayer
[i:]	ie = long i			Dienstag	Tuesday
				sieben	seven
[au]	au			Frau	woman, Mrs...
				braun
					brown
[ɔy]	eu			neun	nine
				Bedeutung	meaning
[ɔy]	äu			Läufer	runner
				Enttäuschung	disappointment
[ui]	ui			hui	whoosh
				pfui	tut tut