1. The Glottal Stop in German Pronunciation

2. 1. What is a glottal stop?
The glottal stop is a consonant sound produced when the flow of air is stopped by the glottis closing, and then released. Many languages use glottal stops, often much more than in English.
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In the phonemic transcription of most Language dictionaries the glottal stop will appear as the character /ʔ/

3. 2. Some examples of the use of glottal stop in English
Dropped /t/ in words such as button, butter, What
Hyphen in uh-oh
Tip: Place your fingers on your throat and feel the short sharp release of air when producing a glottal stop.

4. 3. The Glottal Stop in German Pronunciation
The glottal stop in German pronunciation is used in front of all initial vowels (a, ä, e, i, o, ö, u, ü) in front of word stems beginning with a vowel ʔ ʔ

5. The glottal stop in front of initial vowels
Alle alten Autos fahren in Amsterdam.
Er änderte alles
Zwei ungewöhnliche Esel stehen am alten Zaun.
Ein Otter isst gerne Fisch.
In Ulm und um Ulm und
um Ulm herum.

6. The glottal stop in front of word stems beginning with a vowel
bearbeiten (to work, to process)
sich beeilen (to hurry)
beenden (to end, to finish)
anerkennen (to recognise)
Interaktiv (interactive)

7. The glottal stop can change meaning
Spiegelei or Spiegelei
vereist or verreist?

8. Das Ende  Acknowledgements Photo of two donkeys
Frozen wild flowers