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Article	German vowels
Author	Helmut Richter
published / modified	2004-01-03 / 2015-07-25
Article URL	https://hhr-m.de/de-vowels/
This page	https://hhr-m.de/de-vowels/contents.html
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• A survey of German vowels
  • A first rough rule set
  • Key to notation
  • Standard German pronunciation
  • The German vowel system
• Phonological details
  • Stress
  • Vowel clusters
  • Glottal stop
• Rules for vowel quality and length
• German vowels over time
  • The vowel phoneme inventory
  • Umlaut
  • Shift of long vowels and diphthongs
    • Corresponding sounds in different languages
  • Lengthening and shortening
  • Write as you speak, speak as you write?
    • E and Ä
    • Unrounding and rounding