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Pronouncing “sp” and “ st ” in German Part 1: the rules. Pause or go back/forward . Feel free to pause this recording at any time or go back to any point of the recording. Simply use the following “Screen-O- Matic ” buttons:. Press button to pause. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Pronouncing “sp” and “st”
in German Part 1: the rules
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When the German “sp” or “st” come at the beginning of a word they are
pronounced “shp” or “sht”.
Sport
Stadt
When the “sp” or “st” occur in the middle or at the end of a word they are pronounced like the English “sp” or “st” as in “crisp” or “list”.
Wespe Liste
However, if words beginning with sp or st are used in compound nouns, they are still pronounced as they would be at the start of
the word:
Sport Profisport
Stadt
Hauptstadt
• adding a prefix to verbs starting with sp or st:
stehen verstehen
stinken
gestunken
• making a past participle from verbs starting with sp or st:
This is also the case when:
So remember the rules: