The German Professor

I know what you’re thinking — it sounds too good to be true. Well, that’s exactly what I thought when I heard about the OnlineTVRecorder (OTR). But the thought of having access to German TV was just too enticing and I had to check it out. So I made a free account and have been [...]

After describing in detail how to pronounce ö and ü and providing some words to practice the sounds, here are some minimal pairs to help you more closely hear and practice the differences: Long ö and ü Short ö and ü schwöre flöge Söhne blöde zöge töte höhnen Schwüre Flüge Sühne Blüte Züge Tüte Hühner [...]

The most difficult sounds to pronounce are typically the ones that do not exist in your native language (or in languages whose sounds you have already mastered). For English speakers these include the umlauted vowels ö and ü. Fortunately, there is a very effective method you can use for arriving at these sounds. To pronounce [...]