The alphabet
The combination ‘eh’ in the pronunciations given below approximates the vowel in English ‘bay’ but without anytendency to diphthongize – it is a pure long vowel.
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If spelling out a word with an Umlaut in it, read the letters as follows:
kämpft – kah, air, em, peh, ef, teh. This is more usual than kah, ah-Umlaut, em, peh, ef, teh, which is however also possible. Letters of the alphabet are neuter, e.g. Das I im Wort Voigtländer wird nicht ausgesprochen. The i in the word Voigtländer is not pronounced
