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Use these phonemes in a pronunciation for a German (de) request. German has 43 phonemes, as spoken in Germany. See Phoneme control for the format and how to send a lexicon. This lexicon entry makes Coda pronounce the invented brand name Velkora:

Rules for German

  • Mark one primary stress with ". Compounds usually carry secondary stress on a later part: Zeitgeist is " ts aI t . % g aI s t.
  • Long vowels are separate phonemes written with :. a and a: are different phonemes, and the API rejects a : (with a space).
  • @ is the reduced vowel (the final vowel in bitte). Do not stress it when a full vowel in the word could carry the stress.
  • Affricates pf, ts, tS, and dZ are single phonemes.
  • x covers both the ich sound and the ach sound: ich is " I x. The API rejects C.

Vowels

Consonants