d = t

all final “d” sounds are pronounced with “t”

world

revolved

changed

destroyed

find

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θ = s, z

the θ sound is pronounced with “z” or “s” like in French

with

thought

think

thin

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ð = z, d

ð is made on the back of the upper front teeth

father

mother

them

that

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f = v

We replace all instances of “f” with the “v” sound. “Oven” is written and heard as “ofen” and “very” is “fery.”

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z final endings = s

all English words that end in a voiced consonant or a vowel sound which would be pronounced with a “z” at the end in English are pronounced with a “s”final ending

bees

use

leaves

concerns

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st, sl, sc = ʃt, ʃl, ʃc

a ʃ sound replaces the s to create “shtop”, “shlipper”, or “shcool”

stop

slipper

school

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ʃ = stʃ

a stʃ sound replaces the ʃ to create “schop” or “schoot”

 

shop

shoot

 

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w = v

all “w” sounds use “v”

one	want	we	work
world	awake	would	aware

When a German speaker wants to say: “Where is my wife’s jewelry?”, it will often sound like this: “Vere is my vife’s jevelry?”. That’s because in German, there is no “W” sound like in the English “war”, or “white”. It all sounds like “V” in “vase” or “Vienna”. Vice versa, when you see a German sentence like: “Wo sind die Bratwürste?”, simply make those German “W”s sound like English “V”s, so what you’ll actually say will sound more like: “Vo sind die Bratvürste?”

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hw = hv

where

why

which

white

awhile

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s = z

at the beginning or the middle on an English word which in English would be pronounced with an “S” should be pronounced with a “z”

Serbia

simple

sinus

consideration

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Gerunds

In English, a gerund is a verb ending in “ing.” In our German accent, we will copy and say these endings as “ink.” In this example, “ending” is “endink” and “spinning” is “schpinnink.”

ending

spinning

singing

ringing

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Examples:

Schlosser

He shlipped maybe in de snow,
Your fadder fall off de roof…Ja.

Since I was in dis country…
I was pudding out de ash can…
The snow is vet.

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