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minus-squarebalderdash@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 day agoBut the German W sounds like a V. Wein, Wissenschaftler, Weiß, all start with a V sound.
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·20 hours agoI hear a lot of Germans say this but I do hear a difference between the English V and the German W. They don’t sound exactly alike. Sounds more like a [ʋ] sound in German which is a bit more in between.
But the German W sounds like a V. Wein, Wissenschaftler, Weiß, all start with a V sound.
I hear a lot of Germans say this but I do hear a difference between the English V and the German W. They don’t sound exactly alike. Sounds more like a [ʋ] sound in German which is a bit more in between.