15. More pronunciation of German Sounds - Quiz Answers

15.  More pronunciation of German Sounds - Quiz Answers

1   German and English pronunciation of written sounds are quite different

2   German spelling is quite consistent

3   German vowel sounds can be both long  and  short

4   Short sounds are often followed by a double letter

5   Katze means in English cat

6   Bach means in English stream

7   The word for a bear in German is Bär

8   The word for men in German is Männer

9   The word for lazy in German is faul

10  The Allgäu is a region in South Germany

11  The word for nice in German is nett

12  The German word segeln means (to) sail

13  The German word Tee means tea

14  The word for German in German is Deutsch

15  The word for egg in German is Ei

16  Fein & nein are pronounced like  fine & nine

17  The German diphthong  'ei '  is pronounced like the English letter 'i'

18  The German diphthong 'ie' is pronounced like the English letter 'e'

19  The German work for cook, also a common family name is Koch

20  Mörder, sounding like the act of killing actually means murderer

21  Böse means in English evil, mean, nasty

22  The word in German for a book is book

23  Cool exists in both languages as trendy but in meaning cold in German, it is kühl

24  A Paar Schuhe  is a pair of shoes

25  Words that are similar in both languages are known as cognates