How to Pronounce German Like a Native Speaker

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You've decided to start learning German, so let's improve your pronunciation! In this video, you'll learn how to properly pronounce German, with examples and tips. If you want to start learning German, this video is made for you. Our host express herself in simple German, with English subtitles. This video will challenge your listening comprehension skills and help you progress in your German study.

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[vornamenachname]

As a native German speaker and linguist, please note that some vowels shown here are wrong. The [ɐ] sound is completely mispronounced as an [o] sound. The [œ] sound is not the same sound as the u in hurt [hɜ̝ːt]. And in this video, it gets pronounced correctly only when within a word. When it is spoken seperately the speaker mispronounces it as [ø:]. When the speaker trys to pronounce [ə] seperately, she actually pronounces an [e:] sound. The [​ɪ​] sound is also mispronounced as an [i:] sound when spoken seperately. Same goes for [ʏ⁠] and [y:] and for [​ɔ] and [o:] and for [ʊ] and [u:]. Problem is that, in German, to every vowel ( vowel phonem to be correct) there is a long and a short version and Germans are not used to pronouncing the short versions seperately and longer. That's why the speaker here is mispronouncing all short vowels for long ones when she is trying to pronounce it seperately. Keep in mind, that when you have a letter like Ü or O, you always use the long version when you want to adress the letter/ say its name/ say it seperately. And when you want to say just "R" in German, you want to say [ɛɐ] and not an actual consonant sound.
Also good to know is that many Germans do not roll their [ʁ] (one version of how you can pronounce the R in German at the beginning of a syllable. (You can choose from [ʁ], [R] and [r] and you only have to learn one of them.) If you find these sound symbols irritating then you should look up the IPA on Wikipedia. There you have listening samples of how the actual sounds sound like. There is also a Wikipedia entry on the German language and its phonetics so you can find a summary of various pronunciation rules. But Germans will understand you even if your pronunciation of R or Ü is not that clear or "native". Oh and last but not least, please, pronounce English words like English. With loanwords from other foreign languages like French or Russian, it's a little more complicated as those words have already been fully germanized over the past centuries.

[danielcarlossmd]

It's half an hour of great free content and people come here to mention one specific mistake made...

[castirac]

Ich spreche Bagel genau wie die Engländer aus. Ich hab noch nie gehört, dass jemand Ba-gel gesagt hätte... und bei Schaare-Waare kann ich gar nicht mehr aufhören zu lachen

[cypidez]

as someone whose been studying German since 2017, i've had a bit of difficulty pronunciation German words and it makes me sound funny, this definitely helps alot more!

[bkmckenzie]

Shareware? Seit 1992 wohne ich in Deutschland, aber Schaare-Wahre ist mir ja wirklich neu.

[Baccatube]

Having watched this video and being fluent in English and German myself, also having a degree in German Language and Litterature, I strongly advise viewers to spend their money elsewhere - and to handle all information herein with utmost care. The mistakes are not obvious to learners but essential!

[Byix]

When we use english words we pronounce them english not german.
This is called anglezismen and we use many english words.

[TheConfuzzledCat]

I like how they'll say "[x] sound doesn't exist in English, that's why we'll teach you here" and then several of them are tagged with "this is the same sound as [x] sound in [y] word"

[x-shadow-x]

Nobody says "Schare-Ware" statt "Shareware". One just uses the English pronunciation.

[anurrba]

thank you for this video. We understand that this lesson has the intention to explain the pronunciation and sounds! everything is ok

[monikaz]

This sound is identical to /makes a completely different sound/ :D

[IvanyaKosmos]

5% of comments - nice face ma lady
95% of comment - GERMAN DOES NOT HAVE BAGEL!!!1! DON'T WATCH THIS VIDEO

[triyatnofauzy]

I like learn 2 language English and German...so this is the best chanel.

[TSer]

Bagel is completely wrong, it is the same in german and english

[perteq]

Schöne Grüße aus Deutschlan viel Erfolg beim lernen :)

[TechnoSC_]

It's funny to see this as a German! Really nice Tutorial! Weiter so!

[SchmelzKeaseLP]

some people say you should not use this video to learn german, but they mistake the fact that it‘s about pronunciation and not vocabulary. Yes we do not say bagel or shareware in a german way, but if we would, it would sound the way shown in the video. It is just to get the idea behind the sounds.

[emilkrieg]

What a wonderful learning channel!! Please keep it up the great work, I'm Mexican so I see pronunciation vowels is the same in Spanish and German. It's easier to learn German being a Spanish speaker.

[DN]

„Bagel“ is not a german word at all!
„Shareware“ is not a german word at all!

[mariahuang]

Very helpful for beginners. Learn together with my son. ❤️