Vokal
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German meaning: Ein Sprachlaut, bei dem die Luft ungehindert ausströmen kann; ein Selbstlaut (a, e, i, o, u). English meaning: Vowel Synonym: Selbstlaut German example: Das Wort 'Auto' hat zwei Vokale. English example: The word 'Auto' has two vowels. Type: Noun Article: der Singular Form: der Vokal Plural Form: die Vokale
Word details
- German meaning
- Ein Schwa ist ein unbetonter, neutraler Vokal, der im Deutschen oft in Endungen wie '-e' vorkommt.
- English meaning
- Schwa
- Synonym
- Neutralvokal
- German example
- Das '-e' am Ende des Wortes 'Katze' wird als Schwa ausgesprochen.
- English example
- The '-e' at the end of the word 'Katze' is pronounced as a schwa.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- das
- Singular Form
- das Schwa
- Plural Form
- die Schwas
Related words
- vocalise
vokalisiert
- Sänger
Singer
- Vorderzungenvokal
A front vowel is a vowel in whose articulation the highest point of the tongue is located in the front area of the mouth.
- Silbe
Syllable
- Löffelsprache
Spoonerism
- Ypsilon
Upsilon, Y
- Selbstlaut
vowel
- Diärese
Diaeresis
- Ablaut
Ablaut, vowel gradation
- Lautreihe
Sound series, phonetic sequence
- Zwielaut
Diphthong
- Madrigal
A part-song for several voices, especially one of the Renaissance and early Baroque periods.
- Knacklaut
Glottal stop
- Murmelvokal
Murmured vowel
- Reduktionsvokal
Reduced vowel
- Zentralvokal
A central vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned neither particularly in the front nor in the back of the mouth.
- Dehnungs-h
The silent 'h' is a letter 'h' in some German words that lengthens the preceding vowel.
- Assonanz
Assonance
- Themavokal
Thematic vowel
- Bindevokal
A linking vowel is a vowel that is inserted between two word parts or morphemes to ease pronunciation.
- Lenisierung
lenition
- Approximant
Approximant
- Plosiv
A plosive is a sound in which the airflow in the vocal tract is briefly completely blocked and then suddenly released.
- Artikulationsort
Place of articulation
- Sprossvokal
Epenthetic vowel
- Sylbe
Syllable
- Stammvokal
Stem vowel
- Umlautung
Umlaut
- glottalisieren
To glottalize
- labialisieren
To labialize
- Ersatzdehnung
compensatory lengthening
- palatalisiert
Palatalized
- silbentragend
Syllabic
- umgelautet
Umlauted
- intervokalisch
Intervocalic means that a consonant is located between two vowels.
- Singer
Singer
- Umlaut
Umlaut
- Sängerin
singer (female)
- Ogonek
Ogonek
- Omikron
Omicron
- Zirkumflex
A circumflex is a diacritical mark (ˆ) used in various languages to modify the pronunciation of a vowel or indicate an omission.
- a-Schwa
Schwa
- Formant
A formant is a frequency peak in the spectrum of a sound, especially in vowels, which is responsible for the timbre.
- Rückumlaut
Back umlaut
- Anlaut
The initial sound is the first sound of a word or syllable.
- Doppellaut
Diphthong
- Gleitlaut
Glide
- Vokalabstufung
Vowel gradation refers to the change of a vowel within a word stem to indicate grammatical functions.