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  German Alphabet
The German Alphabet is a vital part of the language, which is spoken by more than 130 million people in 38 countries of the world, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, and 33 other countries.
German pronunciation of letters is in many places the same as English, as well as how to write them, however there are some unique letters and different ways of pronouncing some other letters.
German alphabet, letters, vowels and consonants, German pronunciation, how to write in German.
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  German language - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
German is spoken primarily in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, in two-thirds of Switzerland, in two-thirds of the South Tyrol province of Italy (in German, Südtirol), in the small East Cantons of Belgium, and in some border villages of the South Jutland County (Nordschleswig) of Denmark.
German is the third most taught foreign language worldwide, also in the USA (after Spanish and French); it is the second most known foreign language in the EU (after English; see [1]) It is one of the official languages of the European Union.
German is a member of the western branch of the Germanic family of languages, which in turn is part of the Indo-European language family.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/e/r/German_language.html   (3592 words)

  
 10 reasons for learning German   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
German is the official language of Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein.
German is not only spoken in Germany but also it is the official language of Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein.
Since german is in second place in field of scientific publications, knowledge of German is very important for scientists and students.
www.learn-to-speak-german.net /whygerman.htm   (440 words)

  
 Rescribe: German Translation Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The German Language is spoken by 98 million people as a first language, and by over 121 million people in total.
Many Germans also speak a regional dialect, distinguished from Hochdeutsch by the absence of the second consonantal shift introduced in the 8th and 9th centuries.
The German language is in the midst of an orthographic reform (Rechtschreibreform).
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 German language, alphabets and pronunciation
German is a Germanic language with about 121 million speakers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Belgium, Italy, France, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Australia, South Africa and Namibia.
German literature started to take off during the 12th and 13th centuries in the form of poems, epics and romances.
It was taught in German schools from 1915 to 1941 and is still used by the older generation.
www.omniglot.com /writing/german.htm   (827 words)

  
 The Waldorf School of Atlanta
German, like other foreign languages, is taught in Waldorf Schools for a variety of reasons.
This Main Lesson work can then be reinforced in German class through a short lesson, for example, on how the Romans fared when they first encountered the Germanic tribes or about the German noblemen who assisted our own struggle for independence.
Though only two, forty-minute periods are available for German each week, our goal is to expose the children to as many different aspects of the language and culture as possible.
www.waldorfatlanta.org /curriculum_specialty_german.htm   (555 words)

  
 Edge Translation
The German alphabet uses the Latin alphabet with three diacritic letters and one ligature.
German is a member of the Western group of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.
The German alphabet uses the same 26 letters as the modern Latin alphabet.
www.edgetranslation.net /german1.htm   (227 words)

  
 German Pronunciation Guide
There is also the addition of a diacritical mark, the "umlaut." The Gothic or German script (Fraktur) slowly gave way to the Latin script (Antiqua) after Gutenberg invented movable type.
German words are generally accented on the first syllable.
German uses a guttural "r," similar to that used by French; not a growling "r" as in English.
www.phantomranch.net /folkdanc/alphabet/german.htm   (340 words)

  
 German:Alphabet -
German vowels are either long or short, but never drawled as in some English dialects.
There are some German words that are exceptions to the double consonant rule: bin, bis, das, es, hat, and was all have short vowel sounds.
In effect, 'ie' follows the same rule as in English, with the first vowel long (ee in German) and the second vowel silent; 'ei' is the equivalent sound in German to the English long 'i' as in 'mine'.
www.allemandfacile.com /english/a1.php   (1470 words)

  
 German language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
German is the main language of about 96 million people in Europe (as of 2004), or 13.3% of all Europeans, being the second most spoken native language in Europe after Russian, above French (66.5 million speakers in 2004) and English (64.2 million speakers in 2004).
German was once the lingua franca of central, eastern and northern Europe and remains one of the most popular foreign languages taught worldwide.
Many German verbs are separable meaning that the verb's prefix (often a preposition) is split off and moved to the end of the sentence, hence considered by some to be a "resultative particle", unique to the German language.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_language   (6546 words)

  
 pronunciationguide.org: German   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
German is the single most important language for classical radio announcers to get right.
German uses the umlaut to alter the sounds of the vowels a, o and u: ä, ö and ü; are distinctly different sounds than their un-umlauted relatives.
The German alphabet also uses one extra consonant: the letter ß is called "es-tset", and is pronounced like an ordinary English s.
www.math.nyu.edu /~wendlc/pronunciation/German.html   (694 words)

  
 German alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is often preferred for personal and geographical names, wherein the characters are used unsystematically, as in German telephone directories ("Müller, A.; Mueller, B.; Müller, C.").
There is a German equivalent to the English-language NATO phonetic alphabet.
The German alphabet was changed several times during the 20th century, in some cases for political reasons: In 1934, supposedly "Jewish" names were replaced.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_alphabet   (1243 words)

  
 Learn German Online - Study German Online for Free
Knowing the German alphabet will be useful for you to learn pronouncing German words.
The four letters in German that do not exist in English are ä (ae), ö (oe), ü (ue) and ß (ess-tset).
In German dictionaries, ß immediately follows s, whereas ä, ö and ü are treated as 'ae', 'oe' and 'ue', respectively.
languages4everyone.com /german/courses/01_01_5.html   (367 words)

  
 German Language
Germanic Languages are a branch stock of the Indo-European Languages.
Number of German Speakers: Altogether nearly 100 million people speak German as their first language, among them are about 77 million in Germany; 8 million in Austria; 4.5 million in Switzerland; 2 million in the United States and Canada; and about 2 million in Latin America.
German language is included in the Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (SAMPA) which is a computer-readable phonetic script using 7-bit printable ASCII characters based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
www.online-languagetranslators.com /german_language.htm   (238 words)

  
 Germany HQ : German Alphabet
Dictionary, alphabet and intonations of the Thai language.
The Cyrillic and Latin alphabets with phonetic transcription.
The Meru Project is based on 25 years of research by Stan Tenen into the originand nature of the Hebrew alphabet, and the mathematical structure underlying the...
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 German
The Germanic tribes, which probably originated from a mixture of peoples along the Baltic Sea coast, inhabited the northern part of the European continent by about 500 B.C. By 100 B.C., they had advanced into the central and southern areas of present- day Germany.
This period of Germanic history, which later supplied materia l for heroic epics, included the downfall of the Roman Empire and resulted in a considerable expansion of habitable area for the Germanic peoples.
German minister of education and research Edelgard Bulmahn was in New York Tuesday (June 17) to inaugurate CeBIT America, the first stateside offshoot of the Hannover-based high-tech trade fair, CeBIT.
www.teacherstech.org /hary/german.htm   (3446 words)

  
 Fraktur
The German fraktur alphabet consists of 26 upper case characters, with the addition of three vowels with Umlauts: Ä, Ö, and Ü;.
Not counting the ligatures nor umlauted vowels, the german fraktur alphabet seems to have 26 upper case characters, and 28 lower case characters.
Prior to 1941 Hiter viewed Fraktur as a "german alphabet" and Fraktur was widely used in Third Reich" propaganda publications.
www.morscher.com /3r/fonts/fraktur.htm   (890 words)

  
 Fraktur
Consequently, your 50-year old German cousin or brother-in-law is quite possibly not familiar with this alphabet.
The old German letter set is shown down the left margin of this article, with Roman equivalents.
Unfortunately, there is still one very common and important convention in German writing that has the effect of adding even more letters to the old German alphabet.
www.steincollectors.org /library/articles/fraktur/fraktur.htm   (824 words)

  
 1st Year German
The German teacher and the Computer teacher of the class collaborated in the preparation of these classes.
The students had created a German rap, to enable them to learn and memorise the German alphabet.
Click for a HTML monthly calendar in German, starting with Mai 2002, and ending in Mai 2003, but omitting the summer monthals when the students will not be at school
www.sip.ie /sip065/german2002.html   (716 words)

  
 German Alphabet Blocks
This German Alphabet Block set includes 28 blocks providing 4 complete alphabets, 3 sets of numerals, and 28 different animal pictures.
Uncle Goose Alphabet Blocks are a generous 1-3/4 inch, made from basswood, brightly colored with child-safe inks, and handcrafted with attention to detail.
German Alphabet Blocks, wooden german alphabet baby blocks
www.babyclassroom.com /german-alphabet-block.html   (93 words)

  
 Family Tree Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Deciphering the handwriting or print of Germanic documents may be the greatest challenge in researching your Germanic roots.
You don't need to read German fluently to be able to decipher most genealogical records.
Older German records are prepared in letters similar to the style called Kurrent.
www.familytreemagazine.com /articles/alphabet.html   (232 words)

  
 German Alphabet Pronunciation
German alphabet pronunciation is in all honesty, not that hard to learn.
This alphabet actually sounds a little similar to English in a few ways.
Take a look below at the German alphabet pronunciation table and see if you can point out which letters are a little bit different.
www.learngermanwords.com /lessons/pronunciation/pronouncethealphabet.html   (549 words)

  
 German Language Activities at EnchantedLearning.com
Label the kitchen utensils in German, including the mixing bowl, spatula, whisk, grater, cake pan, rolling pin, measuring cup, and oven mitt.
Label the weather phrases in German, including: It is cold, hot, nice, raining, snowing, windy, lightning, cloudy, and sunny.
Match German vocabulary words to their pictures for many themed topics, including clothing, food, school items, tools, and vehicles.
www.enchantedlearning.com /themes/german.shtml   (1891 words)

  
 Writing German letters - typing German characters, German umlauts, and German eszett without a new keyboard.
Although there are some German sounds that can be difficult for English-speakers to pronounce, the actual alphabet is very similar to the English one.
The eszett (sometimes referred to as the esszett or Scharfes S) is a letter that is totally unique to the German alphabet.
The use of the German eszett was made less common in 1996, when the German spelling reform declared that it was acceptable to use ss instead of ß in a variety of different cases.
www.macility.com /products/tips/german-umlauts-eszett.html   (530 words)

  
 SmartPhrase.com > German > Pronunciation
The German language has a staggering 120 million speakers.
In German, the alphabet is exactly the same as for English.
Helping you to speak better German and talk with an accent the Germans can understand.
www.smartphrase.com /German/ge_pronunciation.shtml   (344 words)

  
 Alphabet Garten
Our goal at Alphabet Garten is to help make your family's German language experience as fun, fulfilling, and successful as possible.
With so many new books arriving all the time, I have started blogging :) Checkout the Alphabet Garten German book blog for the latest on books and bilingualism in the Mueller household.
Alphabet Garten is seeking individuals to write and contribute articles, case studies, and book reviews and recommendations.
www.alphabet-garten.com /share   (147 words)

  
 Essential German
The German word for "seventh" is sometimes written siebente and sometimes siebte.
A period placed after a German numeral indicates that it is ordinal, unless the numeral concludes a sentence.
The year 1941 is written in German as follows: neunzehnhunderteinundvierzig.
www.geocities.com /gene_moutoux/German36.htm   (1684 words)

  
 German Children's Books from Alphabet Garten. Deutsche Kinderbücher von Alphabet Garten.
Our online German bookstore offers a hand-picked selection of hundreds of German books, music, and DVDs for kids of all ages from beginners to native speakers.
Whether your child is a beginning German speaker or an experienced pro, we have suggestions for you.
German books and music for kids in the U.S. and around the world.
www.alphabet-garten.com   (122 words)

  
 Meru Foundation Research: Hebrew Alphabet, Genesis, Geometric Metaphor, and Kabbalah
He has made crucial discoveries on the history of the alphabet, the deeper levels of meaning of sacred texts, and the role of mathematics in the history of consciousness.
The language is a new alphabet, an alphabet of geometric forms that may solve the riddle of Genesis.
The geometric alphabet is itself not only of great artistic and conceptual value, but I believe that it will be seen to hold a key for many other questions in language and science.
www.meru.org   (2017 words)

  
 German Language, Alphabet, Grammar, Pronunciation, Learn to Speak German Software
Whether you want to learn German, begin to speak German, translate English to German, translate German to English, improve your German grammar, or conjugate a German verb, Transparent Language, Inc. has something for you.
With our German software and this German language site, you'll quickly be able to speak German, learn German vocabulary, review the German alphabet, translate English into German, translate German into English, conjugate German verbs, understand German grammar, and master German pronunciation.
If you have comments about this German language learning site, German software, or ways to learn German, please contact us.
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