Aussprache der Englischen Vokale und Diphtonge

Phonetisches Zeichen

Beispiel

a

/ɑː/

a: are, father, dance [BE]

a

/æ/

ä: cat, and, dance [AE], a

a

/ɛ/

a: many

a

/ə/

a: among, a, an

a

/eɪ/

ey: race, stay

au

/ɒ:/

ouh: taught

aw

/ɒ:/

ouh: saw, draw

ay

/eɪ/

ey: lay, may, say

e

/ɛ/

e: kettle, very

e

/ɜː/

öh: nerd, merely

ea

/iː/

ih: easy, leave

ear

/ɪə/

i-ah: dear, near, fear, ear

ear

/ɛə/

ä-ah: bear, wear

ee

/iː/

ih: bee, beef

ee

/ɪə/

i-ah: cheer, deer

i

/ɪ/

i: hit, bit, if

i

/ɜː/

öh: skirt, dirt, girl

i

/aɪ/

ai: nice, I, fine

ie

/iː/

ih: belief

ie

/aɪ/

ai: die

o

/ɒ/ - /ɔ/

o: hot, got

o

/ʌ/

a: son

o

/ɜː/

öh: word

o

/ɔ:/

o: boring

oa

/ɒə/

o-ah: hoard, board

oi

/ɔɪ/

oi: avoid

oo

/ʊ/

u: look, cook, took

oo

/uː/

uh: loo, zoo

ou

/ɒ:/

ouh: thought, bought

ou

/aʊ/

au: sour

our

/ʊə/

u-eh: tour

ow

/əʊ/

ou: bow

ow

/aʊ/

au: down, now

oy

/ɔɪ/

oi: boy, destroy

u

/ʊ/

u: cushion

u

/ʌ/

a: cut, sun, up, but

u

/ɛ/

e: bury

u

/ə/

a: actual

u

/ɜː/

öh: hurt, curtain

u

/j/

j: university

uy

/aɪ/

ai: buy

y

/aɪ/

ai: why