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However, in Southern Standard German, in Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German, final-obstruent devoicing does not occur and so speakers are more likely to retain the original pronunciation of word-final lenes (although realizing them as fortes may occur because of confusing English spelling with pronunciation). English /eɪ/ and ...
Lilli Lehmann (1848–1929), German soprano and voice coach, sister of Marie; Liza Lehmann (1862–1918), English operatic soprano and composer; Lotte Lehmann (1888–1976), German singer; Marie Lehmann (soprano) (1851–1931), German soprano and voice teacher, sister of Lilli; Marcus Lehmann (1831–1890), German Rabbi and author
A "learn to pronounce" option was added to the English dictionary in December 2018 which shows how a word is pronounced with its non-phonemic pronunciation respelling and audio in different accents (such as British and American) along with an option to slow the audio down, visemes for pronunciations were also added in April 2019. [23]
As languages, English and German descend from the common ancestor language West Germanic and further back to Proto-Germanic; because of this, some English words are essentially identical to their German lexical counterparts, either in spelling (Hand, Sand, Finger) or pronunciation ("fish" = Fisch, "mouse" = Maus), or both (Arm, Ring); these are ...
aussprechen - to pronounce; ausstatten - to equip; Ausstattung - equipment; Ausstattung - Furnishing; ausstellen - to exhibit; Ausstellungsfläche - exhibition space; aussterben - die out; ausstoß - output; ausstoßen - eject; ausstrahlen - to radiate; Aussäen - sowing; Austausch - exchange; austerität - austerity; Auswahlmöglichkeiten ...
hock (British only) – A German white wine. The word is derived from Hochheim am Main, a town in Germany. nix – nothing; its use as a verb (reject, cancel) [1] is not used in German; synonymous with eighty-six. From the German word 'nichts' (nothing). Mox nix! – From the German phrase, Es macht nichts!
A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
The word cadre is sometimes pronounced / ˈ k ɑː d r eɪ / in English, as though it were of Spanish origin. In French, the final e is silent and a common English pronunciation is / ˈ k ɑː d r ə /. [8] Legal English is replete with words derived from Norman French, which for a long time was the language of the courts in England and Wales ...