What’s on the German Pronunciation poster
13 entries in 3 groups.
Consistent rules with very few exceptions.
- Vowels: a – father · e – bed · i – machine, o – or · u – flute, ä – bear · ö – like F…
- Consonants: w – like English v, v – usually like f, z – 'ts', s before a vowel – z, s…
- Endings: -b, -d, -g at the end harden to p, t, k, -er sounds like 'a', ß – always a s…
ei and ie are opposites: say the SECOND letter's English name. Bier is 'beer'; Wein is 'vine'.
Questions about the German Pronunciation poster
- What’s on the German Pronunciation poster?
- 13 entries in 3 groups. Consistent rules with very few exceptions. Vowels: a – father · e – bed · i – machine, o – or · u – flute, ä – bear · ö – like F…; Consonants: w – like English v, v – usually like f, z – 'ts', s before a vowel – z, s…; Endings: -b, -d, -g at the end harden to p, t, k, -er sounds like 'a', ß – always a s…. ei and ie are opposites: say the SECOND letter's English name. Bier is 'beer'; Wein is 'vine'.
- Who is the German Pronunciation poster for?
- German Pronunciation belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning german can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the German Pronunciation poster?
- German spelling is highly regular. Learn a dozen rules and you can read anything aloud. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so German Pronunciation belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with German Pronunciation?
- Adjective Endings, The Four Cases and Compound Nouns sit alongside German Pronunciation in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective EndingsThe Four CasesCompound Nouns
- Is the German Pronunciation poster free to download and print?
- Yes. German Pronunciation downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the German Pronunciation poster print at?
- German Pronunciation is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of German Pronunciation loses nothing.Printing guide
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