Examples of words demonstrating the sound symbol correspondences (SSCs).
| Sound Symbol Correspondence | Example 1 | Example 2 |
|---|
| long [a], including [ah], [aa] | Paar | Glas |
| short [a] | kalt | alle |
| long [e] including [eh], [ee] | leer | geben |
| short [e] | wenn | denken |
| [ei/ai] | frei | sein |
| [z] | Zimmer | zum |
| [w] | Welt | wieder |
| [ie] | Liebe | spielen |
| long [o], including [oh] | Sohn | wo |
| short [o] | Kopf | soll |
| long [i], including [ih] | ihn | Familie |
| short [i] | wissen | Himmel |
| hard [ch] | mochte | Buch |
| soft [ch] | möchte | euch |
| long [u], including [uh] | gut | Zug |
| short [u] | und | Hunger |
| long [ü/y], including [üh] | früh | Tür |
| short [ü/y] | müssen | fünf |
| long [ä], including [äh] | Mädchen | spät |
| short [ä] | lächeln | Geschäft |
| long [ö], including [öh] | schön | mögen |
| short [ö] | können | plötzlich |
| [äu] | träumen | Gebäude |
| [sch] | schreiben | schnell |
| [sp- ] | sportlich | spannend |
| [st- ] | Stadt | studieren |
| [s-, -s- ] | sind | lesen |
| [ß] [ss] [-s] | groß | lassen |
| [er] | er | Erfolg |
| unstressed [-er] | Vater | Theater |
| [v] | viel | vergessen |
| [au] | auf | Haus |
| consonantal [r] | reden | richtig |
| vocalic [r] | Uhr | Meer |
| [eu] | Freund | Zeugnis |
| [th] | Mathematik | Thema |
| unvoiced [-b] | halb | gab |
| unvoiced [-d] | jemand | Deutschland |
| unvoiced [-g] | Weg | mag |
| [-ig] | richtig | ruhig |
| [j] | ja | jede |
| [-tion] | Situation | Kommunikation |
| [qu] | bequem | Konsequenz |
