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Bookmark or Share- German alphabet - WikipediaAlmost all German speakers consider the alphabet to have the 26 cardinal letters above and will name only those when asked to say the alphabet. [citation needed] The diacritic letters ä, ö and ü are used to indicate the presence of umlauts (frontalizations of back vowels).
- German ä, ö, ü – what’s the difference? - Jakub Marian’s ...Many German words contain this sound, but there is no way to denote it using the letter “e”. The solution: Use “ä” instead. The distinction is often important, for example: während / ˈvɛːʁənt / means “during” wehrend / ˈveːʁənt / means “resisting” (the present participle of wehren) Ö
- The German Alphabet (das deutsche Alphabet) - GermanVeryEasy.comThe German alphabet is very similar to that of English but it has four letters that English does not have: ä, ö, ü and ß. In English, to make the pronunciation and spelling of a word clear, we say "B as in burger" but in German they use names to spell and those names are fixed.
- Ä - WikipediaÄ (lowercase ä) is a character that represents either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter A with an umlaut mark or diaeresis. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it represents the open central unrounded vowel.
- German Umlauts - ä, ö, ü - Learn German Language - Studying in GermanyUmlauts are diacritical marks represented by two dots (¨) placed above three vowels of the German alphabet. The German umlauts are ä, ö, and ü. ä: Pronounced like the “e” in “bet”. Example: “Mädchen” (girl) ö: Pronounced like the “i” in “bird”. Example: “Hören” (to hear) ü: Pronounced similarly to the French “u” in “tu”. Example: “Brücke” (bridge)
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