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According to both what I have read in descriptions of German phonology and to what I hear from native German speakers every day, there is virtually no qualitative difference between /aː/ and /a/, and if there is, it is the short vowel that is a bit closer to [a] and the long one that's a bit closer to [ɑː].
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Standard German on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Standard German in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
By the late 1400s, the choice of spelling between sz and ss was usually based on the sound's position in the word rather than etymology: sz ( ſz ) tended to be used in word final position: uſz (Middle High German: ûz, German: aus), -nüſz (Middle High German: -nüss(e), German: -nis); ss ( ſſ ) tended to be used when the sound occurred ...
It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standard written representation for the sounds of speech. [1] The IPA is used by lexicographers , foreign language students and teachers, linguists , speech–language pathologists , singers, actors, constructed language creators, and translators .
Titanite, or sphene (from Ancient Greek σφηνώ (sphēnṓ) 'wedge'), [5] is a calcium titanium nesosilicate mineral, Ca Ti Si O 5. Trace impurities of iron and aluminium are typically present. Also commonly present are rare earth metals including cerium and yttrium ; calcium may be partly replaced by thorium .
The phonology of Standard German is the standard pronunciation or accent of the German language. It deals with current phonology and phonetics as well as with historical developments thereof as well as the geographical variants and the influence of German dialects .
Abbreviations: German written abbreviations are often punctuated and are pronounced as the full word when read aloud, such as beispielsweise for bspw. ("for example"). Unlike English, which is moving away from periods in abbreviations in some style guides, the placement of capital letters and periods is important in German. [1]
The name of the letters may give some clue, but they are not enough. Some information from "German Phonology" may help to enrich this article. y is pronounced ['ypsilo:n], the first vowel is the same as an ü. In German words, y can be pronounced like ü (Xylofon, Physik), like i (Baby, Handy) or like j (Yacht) --Androl 13:35, 1 June 2006 (UTC)