Some people regard German as a difficult language to learn because of the grammar. A game could be that you do not tell them what the word is, and they have to write it and figure it out from your given letters. If you have a tutor or tandem partner, have them test you by making you spell out words for them, letter by letter, so they can judge your pronunciation and knowledge of the individual letters. It helps to have a recording of the letters being spoken (slowly) so you can learn them systematically – using the old-as-time ‘Alphabet Song’ technique is a good idea. Start by learning the basic German alphabet characters and their respective pronunciations. ß = Like the ‘s’ in ‘sea’ What’s the best way to learn the German Alphabet In German, the letters of the Alphabet are pronounced like this, and can be spelt phonetically as such: The Umlaut is the pair of dots placed over certain vowels in standard German and its dialects, these vowels are ä, ö, ü.
The letter is pronounced (like the "s" in "see"). The German ligature (additional character): The letter ß, is also known as the "sharp S", " eszett" or " scharfes S", and is the only German letter that is not part of the Latin/Roman alphabet. However, the German alphabet contains one additional character and umlauted forms of three vowels. Much like the English alphabet, German has 26 standard letters. How many letters are in the German alphabet?