German SAMPA

The following phonetic alphabet is used for transcribing German words in MARY.

Consonants
	Symbol		Word			Transcription

	p		Pein			'paIn
	b		Bein			'baIn
	t		Teich			'taIC
	d		Deich			'daIC
	k		Kunst			'kUnst
	g		Gunst			'gUnst
	?		Verein			fE6-'?aIn
	pf		Pfahl			'pfa:l
	ts		Zahl			'tsa:l
	tS		deutsch			'dOYtS
	dZ		Dschungel		'dZUN-@l
	f		fast			'fast
	v		was			'vas
	s		Tasse			'ta-s@
	z		Hase			'ha:-z@
	S		waschen			'va-S@n
	Z		Genie			Ze:-'ni:
	C		sicher			'zI-C6
	j		Jahr			'ja:6
	x		Buch			'bu:x
	h		Hand			'hant
	m		mein			'maIn
	n		nein			'naIn
	N		Ding			'dIN
	l		Leim			'laIm
	R		Reim			'RaIm

Vowels
	Symbol		Word			Transcription

	I		Sitz		'zIts
	E		Gesetz		g@-'zEts
	a		Satz		'zats
	O		Trotz		'trOts
	U		Schutz		'SUts
	Y		hübsch		'hYpS
	9		plötzlich	'pl9ts-lIC

	i:		Lied		'li:t
	e:		Beet		'be:t
	E:		spät		'SpE:t
	a:		Tat		'ta:t
	o:		rot		'ro:t
	u:		Blut		'blu:t
	y:		süß		'zy:s
	2:		blöd		'bl2:t

	aI		Eis		'?aIs
	aU		Haus		'haUs
	OY		Kreuz		'krOYts

	@		bitte		'bI-t@
	6		besser		'bE-s6

Foreign sounds

	T		thunder		'TUn-d6
	D		mother		'ma-D6
	r		drive		'draIv
	w		wonder		'wOn-d6

	EI		game		'gEIm
	e~		impair		?e~-'pE6
	a~		pendant		pa~-'da~
	o~		Feuilleton	f9-j@-'to~
	9~		Parfum		paR-'f9~

Other symbols used
	'		stressed syllable
	-		syllable boundary

Note: this is adapted from the official ​German SAMPA page.