Wikipedia:IPA for German

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) should be applied to represent German language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

See German phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of German.

Consonants
IPA	Examples
b	Ball
ç	ich
d	dann
f	Fass
ɡ	Gast
h	hat
j	ja
k	kalt
l	Last
m	Mast
n	Naht
ŋ	lang
p	Pakt
pf	Pfahl
ʁ	Rast
s	Hast
ʃ	schal
t	Tal
ts	Zahl
tʃ	Matsch
v	was
x	Bach
z	Hase
ʔ	beamtet^[1] ([bəˈʔamtət])
Non-native consonants
ð	Motherboard^[2]
dʒ	Gin
ɹ	Rockband^[3]
w	Walkman^[4]
θ	Thread^[5]
ʒ	Genie
Stress
ˈ	Bahnhofstraße (/ˈbaːnhoːfˌʃtʁaːsə/)
ˌ	Bahnhofstraße (/ˈbaːnhoːfˌʃtʁaːsə/)

^ Often not indicated at the beginning of a word, although all apparently vowel-initial words in German actually begin with [ʔ].
^ Many German speakers replace [ð] with [z].
^ Many German speakers replace [ɹ] with [ʁ].
^ Many German speakers replace [w] with [v].
^ Many German speakers replace [θ] with [s].
^ Often replaced by [eː]
^ ^a ^b Sometimes replaced by [aŋ].
^ ^a ^b Sometimes replaced by [ɛŋ].
^ ^a ^b Sometimes replaced by [ɔŋ].
^ ^a ^b Sometimes replaced by [œŋ].
^ Many German speakers replace [ɔː] with [ɔ] or [oː].
^ Many German speakers replace [ʌ] with [a].