Why Germans Sound Different When They Speak Fast
Your German is grammatically correct — so why do native speakers still sound hard to follow, and why do you still sound like a learner? Usually it's not individual sounds anymore. It's what happens between them. This course focuses on the subtle features of spoken German that affect fluency, comprehension and comfort: which prefixes carry stress and which don't, the prefix be- and its behaviour, how compound words are stressed, how words connect to each other in natural speech, and the endings Germans routinely swallow in everyday conversation. It finishes with the most common combinations of connecting and omitting sounds in informal German — the reason fast German can sound like a different language from the one in your textbook. The approach uses your English as an asset rather than something to forget: many of these patterns have parallels in English, and seeing them makes them far quicker to master. Each topic ends with a learning check, and there's a pronunciation self-test at the start and end so you can hear your progress. Designed for learners at B1 and above. Part 2 of the series — headphones recommended.
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⏱️ Chapters:
00:00:00 How This Course Works
00:02:40 Pronunciation Self-Test — Strengths and Weaknesses
00:04:09 Stressed and Unstressed Prefixes
00:15:40 The Prefix Be-
00:22:30 Compound Words
00:28:55 Connecting Words
00:37:12 Missing Endings
00:52:06 Connecting and Omitting in Informal German
00:54:06 Final Test — Check Your Progress
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