German pronunciation PART 4 Consonants

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This is the fourth part of my video about German pronunciation.

In this video, I try to show you how to pronounce German Consonants. Listen carefully and look at the pictures for the position of your tongue.

If you haven't done so far, have a look at the pronunciation of the German Vowels.

The German language is a much more phonetically consistent language than English. This means, as soon as you know the rules, you’ll be able to read German texts.

Be aware that a lot of consonants differ greatly from English. Even B2-level-speaker make a lot of mistakes, for example of the pronunciation of r.

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In this video are the following consonants:
ch "[x] after e, i, ä, ü „ich“
ich (I)
Milch (milk)
München (munich)

[ç] after a, o, u: „ach“
Nacht (night)
Buch (book)
auch (also)
noch (yet)

[k] in chs and at the beginning of some words
sechs (six)
Fuchs (foox)
Chor (choir)
China (china)

sch [ʃ]
schön (beautiful)
Englisch (English)
Schweiz (Switzerland)
st, sp [ʃp] [ʃt]
sprechen (to speak)
spät (late)
Stunde (hour)

r
[r, ʀ, ʁ] rolled r, French r, voiced [x]
Ratte (Ratte)
richtig (right)
korrekt (correct)

r as a vowel
after long vowels:
vier (four)
ihr (you)der (the)
Ohr (ear)

in the ending -er
Lehrer (teacher)
aber (but)
besser (better)
Computer (computer)

in the prefixes er-, zer-, ver-:
erklären (to explain)
zerstören (to destroy)
verstehen (to understand)