Grammatical Rules

Question 1

“Ch” sound to be pronounced HARD as “Khh” after the letters

“a,” “o,” “u,” or “au.”

Answer 1

Examples

D a ch        (roof)
T o chter    (daughter)
S u chen    (to search)
R au chen  (to smoke)

Question 2

“Ch” sound to be pronounced SOFT as “Shh” after the letters

“i”, “e”, “ö”, “ä”, “ü”, “eu”, “ei”, “n”, “l”, “r”, “- chen”.

Answer 2

Examples

    s i ch (oneself)
    f e chten (to fence)
    T ö chter (daughters)
    D ä cher (roofs)
    B ü cher (books)
    S eu che (epidemic)
    viell ei cht (maybe)
    ma n che (some)
    we l che (which)
    Ki r che (church)
    Mäd -chen (girl)