GERMAN PRONUNCIATION 10: The special letter ß (sharp s) 😊😊😊

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[annscottasia]

So, I could do this way, right? Ania

ä = ae
ö = oe
ü = ue
ß = ss

These are another challenges, but you make it easier and fun to learn, Dankeschoen, Ania

[octaviolee]

You can use the AltGr + S key for the ß letter.
I have a Brazilian keyboard layout, so I don't know if that will work for everyone

[KaiZurus]

I can now understand what those who learn English feel.

[senioracademia]

Only person who actually is the best for absolute beginners, i learn much in record time. You follow the immersion method focusing on real life, pronounciation and German life which is the best way and i learnt turkish in 2 months by it. Thank you for this series, the reading stories series and more to go!

[joshuawalker]

The snake goes ßßß then, I'm a native spanish speaker. And to us it sounds like a sharp S, which is not a academically recognized sound, but it is present in some variants of spanish, like in argentinian spanish where the z sounds is ignored completely and replaced by s or sharp s sounds, or even this little fella "ç" that is not a character in spanish but is definitely a present sound that replaces this one "z"

[dextrpur]

it makes me happy that so many people are trying to learn German:) have fun!

Es macht mich glücklich, das so viele Leute versuchen Deutsch zu lernen:) viel Spaß dabei!

[luckytai-lan]

Type the following key combination : Alt + 0 2 2 3 : ß

[rose_brier]

Danke! I'm learning german so when im older i can go to germany for a holiday. Also to get in touch with my german heritage!

[tafotieanselme]

hi am new in Germany and I enjoy this class it helps me a lot

[the_rudy_one]

I'm an Indian and I just recognised ß now while I was searching in YouTube and this happened I was so curious to know that this was in my keyboard thanks Aina for your German lessons 🥰

[BeckWenger]

Thank you so much. You answered my exact question and so much more. All of your information was helpful and to the point. I give an A+ to a wonderful, generous teacher and a big thank you.

[canandurmus]

You are a super teacher, thank you very much! Sie sind ein super Lehrerin, vielen Dank!

[xjesusxchristx]

As a native English speaker with germanic family, and honours in English - it still sound more like sz, or a slightly buzzy s sound, to me.

Ps; not arguing. Just offering a different perspective.

To elaborate, an s sound to me is soft, like a snake hiss, but a ß sounds like a softer z, or sharper s. So like a middle ground.

Great video though. And I love your entire series.

[Waterflux]

Thank you for the clarification over the ß. I encountered a plenty of the ß when I had to read a bunch of maps rendered in German. For example, Russia = Rußland. (When I first found the ß in Rußland, I had a feeling that this ß was not equivalent to the letter B. Instead, it must be representing a some sort of 'ss' sound, but I was not able to figure out why the ß instead of 'ss' back then.)

[SiliconSet]

Typing the umlaut ...

right alt p = ö
right alt q = ä
right alt s = ß
right alt y = ü

[ansarmathupotra]

In German orthography, the letter ß, called Eszett or scharfes S, represents the phoneme in Standard German when following long vowels or diphthongs. The name Eszett combines the names of the letters of ⟨s⟩ and ⟨z⟩ in German. The character's Unicode names in English are sharp s and eszett. Wikipedia

Language of origin: Early New High German

Other letters commonly used with: ss,  sz

Phonetic usage: s

Writing system: Latin script

[craigcorson]

On a Windows machine, the eszett (ß) can be written by pressing alt 0223.

[leahcrawford]

Thank you for this explanation! I have been pronouncing it three different ways:

The correct way
Like 'sh', so I was saying "weißt" like "veisht"
And like 'z', so groß was "grohz"

I wasnt sure which was right so this really helps. Does anyone know if there are any accents where the other two ways are said? I'm not really sure where I got the idea they were options

[fvazquez]

If you have a PC and your keyboard has the nummeric keypad, the one in the right of the keyboard, not the upper nummeric keys, you can make the ß appear, while pressing Left CTRL, press 0223 in the nummeric keypad. Hope this helps the ones that didn't know about this. Tchüß!

[MartinJohnZ]

Does this letter have any connection to the long-s-character ſ used in old English?