Phonetic Script - Diphthongs

Here you learn about the phonetic script used for the German diphthongs. Diphthongs are phones which consist of two vowels. To listen to the pronunciation, click on the little arrow in front of the respective word or on the word itself.

Script	Letter	Examples

[ai]	ei or ey	sein (to be) die Familie f Meyer (the familiy Meyer)

[ai]	ai or ay	Mai (May) die Familie f Mayer (the family Mayer)

[i:]	ie = long i	Dienstag (Tuesday) sieben (seven)

[au]	au	Frau f (woman, Mrs...) braun (brown)

[ɔy]	eu	neun (nine) Bedeutung f (meaning)

[ɔy]	äu	Läufer m (runner) Enttäuschung f (disappointment)

[ui]	ui	hui (whoosh) pfui (tut tut)