German alphabet (S): how to pronounce the letter S 

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Hi, I've been studying German on Duolingo for a few months now, and I started to realize that the pronunciation of s is quite nuanced, and that if I could learn the reasons for the differences, that I would have a better handle on pronunciation than simply by repeating words or sentences. So I searched for and found your video, and you have enlightened me. Bitte!

Super informative!

thank you

Just what I suspected. You got right to the point.

Great video my friend, continue doing these videos, well explained

Was fighting with my boyfriend about this. Thanks. I won.

Thank you very much that's help me much you're a great teacher i get it from the first time i really appreciate that hard work you put in thank you very much i wish to you a very happy life and family and more and more and more success in your life thanks again you're really a great teacher god bless you 😊😊

So helpful,thanks.

Thank you so much the s with the word say and then I put my thumb on my chin I feel no vibration and when I say the s with vibration I can feel it on my chin amazing brother I've learned in 20 seconds how to do them both than the 3 days I've been learning online and playing it super slow I could not get the sound right but now I understand it clearly because ju have let me learn and it stuck to my brain now again thank you so much buddy... I think I have it right S= air Sound no vibration S= vibration sound to say the words I'm trying to say.... Your a great teacher....

I always thought, to this day, that the s was pronounced like the English z at the beginning and in the middle of vowels.

so s = z at the start of a word ? what about is inside of a word or at the end .

Please make the instruction for letter R

You’re the best

This is so helpful! Does it basically mean that in southern Germany, there's little chance you'll hear the english "z" (voiced s)?

good

Thanks a lot!

besten dank

Thank you Mesut Özil

I am confuse, some German pronounce S as 'Z' and some as 'S'. I guess both works?

I think most of this video could be better understood if you said the sounded s was the English Z sound, as that is exactly what it is and is what every German teacher and professor I have ever had described it as.

Hello. Could you please also explain the word 'eins'?

in some words like spanien or Straße the S is pronounced similar to the English "sh" is there a rule for this or what?

Where can I find your video about "ß"?

Swedish doesn't have the voiced s so I'm more comfortable with the unvoiced s

To me, the word spiel sounds like a sh sound. Like shpiel. Maybe I'm just hearing things I don't know

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Was fürn gut aussehenden Mann. Schade dass er wahrscheinich hetero ist.