You may find yourself auditioning to play a German character if you are an actor.In this case, you will need to modify some vowels and consonants to make your speech sound Germanic.German has no "w" or "th" sounds for English speakers.Keep your mouth closed and use your lips to say something.Raising your vowels will help them match German pronunciation.
Step 1: Change the sound of the vowels to vowels.
If you make this sound while speaking with a German accent, you will sound inauthentic.If you want to say "I vant to vet my vistle", change the "w" pronunciation even if it's in the middle.If a word has a "v" in it, you can say it as you normally would.
Step 2: The letter "s" is like a "z" when it occurs within a word.
If you use a German accent and see words with an "s" in the middle, change the sound to a "z."Don't change the letter "s" at the end of a word to a "z" sound.If you use a German accent, the word "hiss" should sound the same.Don't say "hiz."
Step 3: gargling it in the back of your throat is how to say German.
It is difficult since the sound is not in English.The German sound is very close to the sound of an English one in the back of the throat.Just about where you'd gargle water, try to say the "r" at the top of your esophagus.The English word forrabbit should sound like "hrabbit" or "ghabbit" as an example.
Step 4: You can say the German "h" sound back in your throat.
When pronouncing "r" with a German accent, the letter "h" should be gargled in the back of your throat.If you have trouble pronouncing the letter "h", try making a soft "g" sound before you say it.
Step 5: Speak with the tip of your tongue.
This will make the vowels harder.German language speakers tend to make the sound hard and abrupt when a word ends with a soft consonant.You can make the sound more abrupt in the back of your throat by shortening your vowels.The words "pug", "loud" and "cub" should be pronounced like "puk," "lout" or "cup."Both English words "lout" and "loud" have very different meanings.
Step 6: Voice long vowels can be heard in the back of your mouth.
Most long vowels are low in the throats of English speakers.This is most noticeable with the long a sound.If you use a German accent, make sure to pronounce the long "a" sound like a short "e" from the back of your mouth.The word "cat" will sound like "Kit" or "ket"
Step 7: The short "i" sounds like an "e" sound.
The short "i" sound should be pronounced from higher up in the back of your mouth.The sound of the vowels needs to be a little more muffled in English.The short "i" sound is used in the words "winter" and "different".They would sound like they were German.
Step 8: The double "oo" sound like a short "u"
The English "oo" sound can be heard from deep in the throat.If you want to change your speech for a German accent, tighten up the vowels.When pronouncing this sound with a German accent, try to keep your mouth closed.Words like "wood," "cook," and "took" would be pronounced the same way.
Step 9: The English word for "th" is "s" or "z".
German language speakers don't say the "th" sound like English speakers do.When modifying the th sound, you can choose between the two sounds.Try out both and see which sounds better to you.Say "zis" and "thick" like "sick" or "zick".
Step 10: The letters ng and k have the same sound.
The English present perfect tense is where this occurs most frequently.Drop the "ng" sound and replace it with a "k" to make these words sound German.You can think of it as changing the sound of the soft "g" to a harder "k" sound.
Step 11: Say the dg sound to make it sound like a ch sound.
In English, a low "j" sound can be heard in the back of the mouth.If you want to take on a German accent, you have to push the sound forward and up in your mouth.The sound should be similar to the English "ch" sound.When you say the word "judge" with a German accent, it will sound like "chudge."