German/Alphabet

The German Alphabet is based on Latin letters and has 26 letters.
==The alphabet==
Upper-case characters	Lower-case characters	IPA 	English equivalent
A 	a 	/a/ 	a as in "astronaut"
B 	b 	/b/ or /p/ 	b as in "bell"
C 	c 	/k/, /g/ or /ʦ⁠/	c as in "creative" or "Celsius"
D 	d 	/d/ or /t/ 	d as in "done"
E 	e 	/e/ or /ɛ/ 	e as in "elegant"
F 	f 	 	f as in "fuss"
G 	g 	 	g as in "guest"
H 	h 	 	h as in "hut"
I 	i 	/i/ or /ɪ/ 	ee as in "feel"
J 	j 	 	y as in "yard"
K 	k 	 	c as in "camel"
L 	l 	 	l as in "love"
M 	m 	 	m as in "man"
N 	n 	 	n as in "nice"
O 	o 	/o/ or /ɔ/ 	o as in "cost"
P 	p 	 	p as in "pet"
Q 	q 	 	c as in "coral"
R 	r 	 	r as in "rich"
S 	s 	 	s as in "zoo" or "mouse"
T 	t 	 	t as in "telephone"
U 	u 	/u/ or /ʊ/ 	ou as in "you"
V 	v 	 	f as in "father" or v as in "vase"
W 	w 	 	v as in "vase"
X 	x 	 	
Y 	y 	 	
Z 	z 	 	
==Other Letters And Sounds==
===Umlaute===
German has also three Umlaute: 
Upper-case characters	Lower-case characters	IPA 	English equivalent
Ä 	ä 	/ɛ/ 	e as in "melon"
Ö 	ö 	/ø/ or /œ/	i as in "girl"
Ü 	ü 	/y/ or /ʏ/	
 
They are not part of the alphabet. If you cannot write them, it is also possible to write AE/ae, OE/oe and UE/ue. In dictionaries they are often treated like A, O and U, for example Österreich -> between OS and OT.
===Sharp S - ß===
In German: scharfes S or Eszett
This letter is used in many German-speaking countries, but not in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is an unvoiced s, some people say it sounds like sz.
If you cannot write an ß, you can also write ss, but be aware that there is sometimes a risk of confusion, because this may change the meaning of the word.
In dictionaries it is treated like ss or s.
=== Diphthongs ===
Diphthong	IPA 	English equivalent
ai 	/aɪ/	ie as in "tie"
au 	/aʊ/	ow as in "how"
ei 	/aɪ/	ie as in "tie"
eu 	/ɔʏ/	oy as in "boy"
äu 	/ɔʏ/	oy as in "boy"
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