German Alphabet

To learn German language, Alphabets are the main part of language learning. Here you learn German alphabet/German letter. If you are interested to learn German language, this place will help you to learn German alphabet/character in German and their pronunciation in English. Language is a communication tool in which knowledge, emotions and feeling convey to others. To learn German language, first we learn German alphabets and then learn German alphabets with words and images and their pronunciation in English. Common vocabulary is one of the important sections. Common Vocabulary contains common words that we can used in daily life conversation.

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German is one of the popular languages in Germany over 200 million speakers to communicates their language around the world. German language is one of the most influential languages in the world. German is mainly spoken in Central Europe like, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italian and Austria. German alphabets are called as Deutsches Alphabet. German vowels are known as Vokale and German consonants are known as Konsonanten. The German alphabet has 30 letters contains 9 vowels, 17 consonants, 3 diacritic combination letters and one ligature letter as shown below table and their pronunciation in English.

• 9 vowels • 17 consonants • 3 diacritic combination letters • 1 ligature letter

German Vowels / Vokale

German vowels are known as Vokale. German letters have 9 vowels. Here we learn German vowels and their pronunciation in English.

VOWELS - Vokale

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
A	a	ah
Ä	ä	a
E	e	eh
I	i	ih
O	o	oh
Ö	ö	o
U	u	uh
Ü	ü	y
Y	y	yi

German Consonants / Konsonanten

German consonants are known as Konsonanten. German letters have 17 consonants. Here we learn German consonants and their pronunciation in English.

CONSONANTS - Konsonanten

English	Chinese	Pronunciation
B	b	beh
C	c	ceh
D	d	deh
F	f	ef
G	g	geh
H	h	hah
J	j	jeh
K	k	kah
L	l	el
M	m	em
N	n	en
P	p	peh
Q	q	quh
R	r	er
S	s	es
T	t	teh
U	u	uh
V	v	vau
W	w	weh
X	x	ix
Z	z	zett

Diacritic combinations & Ligature letter

DIACRITIC COMBINATIONS

English	Chinese	Pronunciation
Ä	ä	a
Ö	ö	o
Ü	ü	y

LIGATURE LETTER

English	Chinese	Pronunciation
ß	ß	sz

All German Alphabets

GERMAN ALPHABETS

Capital	Small	Pronunciation
A	a	ah
B	b	beh
C	c	ceh
D	d	deh
E	e	eh
F	f	ef
G	g	geh
H	h	hah
I	i	ih
J	j	jeh
K	k	kah
L	l	el
M	m	em
N	n	en
O	o	oh
P	p	peh
Q	q	quh
R	r	er
S	s	es
T	t	teh
U	u	uh
V	v	vau
W	w	weh
X	x	ix
Y	y	yi
Z	z	zett
Ä	ä	a
Ö	ö	o
Ü	ü	y
ß	ß	sz

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Top 1000 German words

Here you learn top 1000 German words, that is separated into sections to learn easily (Simple words, Easy words, Medium words, Hard Words, Advanced Words). These words are very important in daily life conversations, basic level words are very helpful for beginners. All words have German meanings with transliteration.

Eat	Essen
All	alles
New	Neu
Snore	schnarchen
Fast	schnell
Help	Hilfe
Pain	Schmerz
Rain	Regen
Pride	Stolz
Sense	Sinn
Large	groß
Skill	Fähigkeit
Panic	Panik
Thank	danken
Desire	Verlangen
Woman	Frau
Hungry	hungrig

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Daily use German Sentences

Here you learn top German sentences, these sentences are very important in daily life conversations, and basic-level sentences are very helpful for beginners. All sentences have German meanings with transliteration.

Good morning	Guten Morgen
What is your name	Wie heißen Sie
What is your problem	was ist dein Problem?
I hate you	ich hasse dich
I love you	ich liebe dich
Can I help you	Kann ich Ihnen helfen?
I am sorry	es tut mir leid
I want to sleep	ich will schlafen
This is very important	Dies ist sehr wichtig
Are you hungry	Bist du hungrig?
How is your life	wie ist dein Leben?
I am going to study	ich werde studieren