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Zungenbrecher – German tongue twisters

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A fun way to practice specific German sounds is by reciting tongue twisters. The benefit to using tongue twisters as a learning tool is that you get to practice the same target sound not only repeatedly and but also in differing configurations. This…

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How to type German special characters

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WINDOWS ***Hold ALT + type on Number Pad*** MAC ä ALT + 0228 or 132 OPTION + U, release then type A ö ALT + 0246 or 148 OPTION + U, release then type O ü ALT + 0252 or 129 OPTION + U, release then type…

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How to pronounce ö and ü

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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…

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