Monday, December 15, 2025

Level A1 Lesson 1

List of German (Deutsch) Alphabet with Pronunciation in Hindi


Unique Characteristics of the German Alphabet

  • More than 26 letters in the alphabet – German has a so called extended latin alphabet
  • The extra letters are ä, ö, ü and ß
  • The W in German sounds like the V in English
  • The V in German sounds like the F in English
  • Most of the time the S in German sounds like Z in English when placed at the beginning of a word followed by a vowel.
  • The letter ß will never appear at the beginning of a word.


German Alphabets:-

Letter Pronunciation of letter name
A a ah (आ)
B b bay (बे)
C c     tsay (से)
D d day (डे)
E e ay (ए)
F f      eff (एफ)
G g gay (गे)
H h haa (हा)
I i      eeh (इ)
J j      yot (योट)
K k kah (का)
L l      ell (एल)
M m      em (एम)
N n en (एन)
O o oh (ओ)
P p pay (पे)
Q q koo (कू)
R r      er (एरर)
S s      es (एस)
T t      tay (टे)
U u ooh (उ)
V v     fow (फाओ)
W w      vay (वे)
X x ix (इक्स)
Y y     uep-si-lohn (एप्सिलोन)
Z z     tset (सेट)


The umlaut symbol represented by two dots (¨) placed over a (ä, ö, ü) 

Umlaut + ß

Letter Pronunciation of letter name
Ä ä         aah – (आह)
Ö ö         ohh – (ओह)
Ü ü         uhh – (उह)
ß             ess set – (एस सेट) double s sound in while speaking