Please, explain to me! How do I pronounce "r" in German? It changes its sound according to words. It'saproblem

Answer 1

http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/howto/htpronounce.htm

scroll down and it will tell you how

Answer 2

It's tricky, all right. Two ways to go about it:

First, like a linguist would look at it: this "r" is a fricative - a sound made by blowing air through an opening that's almost closed but isn't. Fricatives in English are "f" and "v" (bottom lip against upper teeth) and "s" and "z" (tongue against alveolar ridge, the hard part right behind your teeth). The German "r" (the one you're probably having trouble with, anyway - yes they do change :) ) is a uvular fricative - back of the tongue against uvula, letting air through but with friction.

Okay, now second: The "r" is gargling! Get a glass of water and try it. Get really good and then try it without the water. Then try adding that to your German, working it around the other sounds - which will be tricky. But practice, practice, practice! Even if it sounds stupid, it's the only way you'll get better - and you will get better.

I imagine you'll pick up the other "r" - the barely-there one - just by listening to it. It's not nearly as tricky, IMO.

Viel Glueck!

Answer 3

I can´t explain it, listen to German ppl speaking and anyways it depends on the accent. Wanna learn German? I can help you! :-)

Answer 4

listen to audio and practice speaking. Repeat it. Wiederholen. btw some dialects/accents there sound different with their r's. If it is just the letter 'r' its pronounced like "air"

Answer 5

Try this site:

http://dict.leo.org

Its kind of a german/english dictionary and they have sound samples for most of the words.

So. Listen... and repeat... :O)

Answer 6

r is gargling, back of your tongue