Standard German phonology

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.

 Vowels 

 Single vowels 
+Monophthong phonemes of Standard GermanFrontCentralBackunroundedroundedshortlongshortlongshortlongshortlongCloseClose-mid()Open-mid()()Open

 Vowel combos 
Ending pointFrontBackOpen-midOpen

 Consonants 
German has 25 phonemes, which is average among other languages. One of its more unique sounds is the unusual affricate .For a detailed discussion of the German consonants from a synchronic and diachronic point of view, see .
LabialDental/AlveolarPalatalVelar/UvularGlottalNasalPlosive()Affricate()Fricative()()()LateralRhotic

 Ich-Laut and ach-Laut 
'' is the voiceless palatal fricative  (found in the word   'I'), and  is the voiceless velar fricative  (as in   the interjection 'oh', 'alas').   is the German word for 'sound, phone'. 

In German, these two sounds are allophones occurring in complementary distribution. The allophone  occurs after back vowels and  (for instance in   'book'), the allophone  after front vowels (for instance in   'me/myself') and consonants (for instance in   'fear',   'sometimes'). (This happens most regularly: if the  in  is pronounced as a consonant,  represents ; however if, as often happens, it is vocalized as , resembling the vowel , then  may represent , yielding .)

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