Remember this

W is always pronounced as a V

V is always pronounced like an F

When you get the letters ie together they are pronounced like ee

When you get ei together they are pronounced like eye

When a word starts with S like stein (stone) it is pronounced shtine

When you see an umlaut (two little dots) over a vowel it changes the sound so

Letter a in a word like vater (father) is pronounced like faater

An umlaut over the a as in the word spat (Umlaut over a but not on my keyboard) makes the word sound like shpate

Umlaut over e or i is not seen

Umlaut over letter o makes it sound like er as in horen (to hear) pronounced heren

Umlaut over u is a strange one. Try saying ee with your mouth in a shape as if saying oo

Hope that helps.

Or you could go to your local library and borrow a CD/Tape based learning program.

Or you could enroll in a local community college German class

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