Help:IPA/Middle High German
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 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Middle High German on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Middle High German in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
The following tables list the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) of Middle High German (Mîttelhochdeutsch)
| Vowels | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| a | a | lant | jajo (Polish) |
| aː | â/ā | donerstrāle | aas (Standard Dutch) |
| æ | ä | tägig | cat |
| æː | æ/ā̈[1] | inædere, wintbrā̈ | perd (Afrikaans) |
| e | ë | lëben | may |
| ɛ | e | unser | bet |
| ɛː | ê/ē | ēwīp | days (Belfast English) |
| i | i | kliffe | free |
| iː | î/ī | ēwīp | beat |
| o | o | boden | réseau (French) |
| oː | ô/ō | hōhzīt | oder (Standard German) |
| ø | ö | möhte | peu (French) |
| øː | œ | schœne | købe (Danish) |
| u | u | grunt | boot (but shorter) |
| uː | û/ū | schūm | boot (normal length) |
| y | ü | bühel | tu (French) |
| yː | iu | viur | mytisk (Faroese) |
| Consonants | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| b | b | boden | about |
| d | d | erde | ado |
| f | f | kliffe, golfe | find |
| g | g | golfe | gun |
| h | h | houc | hello |
| j | j | junge | young |
| k | c, k | houc, kliffe | castle |
| l | l | kliffe | like |
| m | m | slam | mouth |
| n | n | boden | now |
| ŋ | ng | junge | king |
| p | p | stoup | pound |
| p͡f | pf | sumpf | pfenig (Slovenian) |
| r | r | werlt | raam (Standard Dutch) |
| s | ȥ | deȥ | same |
| s̠ | s | sant | sali (Standard Italian) |
| ʃ | sch, sc and s before consonant | stürmisch | shine |
| t | t | stürmisch | ton |
| w | w | werlt | word |
| x | ch, h | bach, lohe | loch (Scottish English) |