| Alphabet | Description | German Word | Example in English. | ||
| au | Ow in Vow | Vow | |||
| ä | Short a | Cat, Care | |||
| äu | Oy in boy | Boy | |||
| ei | I | ai in Aisle | |||
| eu | Oy in Boy | Boy | |||
| ie | ee | Breif | |||
| ö | er | Fern | |||
| ü | oo | Pull | |||
| ch | ck | Loch | |||
| j | Y in Yet | Yet | |||
| qu | kv | Kv | |||
| sch | sh | ship | |||
| sp, st | shp or sht | ||||
| tion | t in its | ts in its | |||
| v | F | Fan | |||
| W | V | Van | |||
| Z | ts | its | |||