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Spelling alphabet en ingles11/2/2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() Listen to Sissi sing the ABC Song and practice spelling out your name and email address using the German Buchstabiertafel. "The surface of "Kepler four five two B," such is the name of the celestial body." These are the only sounds that you should be using when you spell in English, however it is important to remember that many letters in English do have more than one sound when they appear in certain words. "Die Oberfläche von „Kepler vier fünf zwo B“, so der Name des Himmelskörpers." Z zd (British English) and zi in U.S English. It helps too, when giving somebody an address or telephone number, to pronounce the number 2 like zwo instead of zwei, because otherwise zwei and drei can be easily confused: My name is Miller, and Germans nearly always think I am saying "Müller," so for clarity I often say " Miller mit M und I, also Martha Ida." BANNER PLACEHOLDER SPELLING ALPHABET EN INGLES PLUSHere is a quick review with approximate English pronunciations of the letters of the German alphabet, which consists of the same standard 26 Latin letters as the English alphabet plus ä, ö, ü, and ß.Ī = ah B = bay C = tsay D = day E = ay F = eff G = gay H = hah I = eeh J = yot K = kah L = ell M = em N = en O = oh P = pay Q = koo R = air S = es T = tay U = ooh V = fow W = vay X = iks Y = oopsilohn Z = tset Ä = like the "e" in melon Ö = like the "i" in girl Ü = like the "u" in lure ß = ess-tsetįor clarity when spelling your name or an email address on the telephone, it is not a bad idea to learn die Buchstabiertafel too, since letters like B, T, and P can easily get confused.Ī = Anton B = Berta C = Cäsar D = Dora E = Emil F = Friedrich G = Gustav H = Heinrich I = Ida J = Julius K = Kaufmann L = Ludwig M = Martha N = Nordpol O = Otto P = Paula Q = Quelle R = Richard S = Samuel T = Theodor U = Ulrich V = Viktor W = Wilhelm X = Xanthippe Y = Ypsilon Z = Zacharius Ä = Ärger Ö = Ökonom Ü = Übermut ß = Esszet That is the alphabet you hear in military jargon, such as (in English) "Alfa Bravo Charlie" for ABC. But for cases where somebody might misunderstand you, for example stating your email address to somebody on the telephone, it is good to know the German spelling alphabet ( die Buchstabiertafel) as well. Learn the target words in the NATO phonetic. Most of you probably already know the German alphabet. These are the big letters of the alphabets A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. Alpha, bravo, Charlie: each letter of the alphabet has a target word to increase understandability in spelling. ![]()
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