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German Language - pronunciation

Expert: Kurt Bamert - 10/21/2007

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QUESTION: how do you pronounce the verb reden in German?

ANSWER: [ə] wird nicht gesprochen:
• nach den Plosiven [t] und [d], nach Frikativen (außer nach <r, rr, j>) sowie nach dem Lateral [l], z.B. wetten, reden, lachen, rufen, wis-sen, wollen
source:
http://www.spz.tu-darmstadt.de/projekt_ejournal/jg-12-2/docs/Hirschfeld_Stock.pd...

[Red(ə)n]

http://web.uni-marburg.de/dsa/papers/Dialektalitaetsmessung.pdf

http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/projekte/mate/mdag/pd/pd_2.html

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QUESTION: Thanks for your answer Kurt. But what about the first "e" of the verb reden? How do you pronounce that? Like an "i" (e.g. der Pilot) or like an "e" (e.g. der Name) ? Can you please give me an example?

Answer
Hello
It's like the English e in met or bed.
e met, bed
http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-soundsipa.htm

http://www.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de/%7Ekirsten/TRANS/IPA.html

It's an [e] like in Kehle
[ e:] Kehle
http://www.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de/Lehre/Skripten/TRANS1/TRANS1Home.html

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