Examples of words demonstrating the sound symbol correspondences (SSCs).
Sound Symbol Correspondence | Example 1 | Example 2 |
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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 |
