German (de-DE)

The following table lists the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) phonemes, the Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) symbols, and the corresponding visemes for the German voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table
IPA	X-SAMPA	Description	Example	Viseme
Consonants
ʔ	?	glottal stop
b	b	voiced bilabial plosive	Bier	p
d	d	voiced alveolar plosive	Dach	t
ç	C	voiceless palatal fricative	ich	k
d͡ʒ	dZ	voiced postalveolar affricate	Dschungel	S
f	f	Voiceless labiodental fricative	Vogel	f
g	g	Voiced velar plosive	Gabel	k
h	h	Voiceless glottal fricative	Haus	k
j	j	Voiceless glottal fricative	jemand	i
k	k	Voiceless velar plosive	Kleid	k
l	l	Alveolar lateral approximant	Loch	t
m	m	Bilabial nasal	Milch	p
n	n	Alveolar nasal	Natur	t
ŋ	N	Velar nasal	klingen	k
p	p	Voiceless bilabial plosive	Park	p
p͡f	pf	Voiceless labiodental affricate	Apfel
ʀ	R	Uvular trill	Regen
s	s	voiceless alveolar fricative	Messer	s
ʃ	S	Voiceless postalveolar fricative	Fischer	S
t	t	Voiceless alveolar plosive	Topf	T
t͡s	Ts	Voiceless alveolar affricate	Zahl
t͡ʃ	tS	Voiceless postalveolar affricate	deutsch	S
v	v	Voiced labiodental fricative	Wasser	f
x	x	Voiceless velar fricative	kochen	k
z	z	Voiced alveolar fricative	See	s
ʒ	Z	Voiced postalveolar fricative	Orange	S
Vowels
øː	2:	long close-mid front rounded vowel	böse	o
ɐ	6	near-open central vowel	besser	a
ɐ̯	6_^	non-syllabic near-open central vowel	Klar	a
œ	9	open-mid front rounded vowel	können	O
ə	@	mid central vowel	Rede	@
a	a	open front unrounded vowel	Salz	a
a:	a:	long open front unrounded vowel	Sahne	a
aɪ	aI	diphthong	nein	a
aʊ	aU	diphthong	Augen	a
ɑ̃	A~	nasal open back unrounded vowel	Restaurant	a
e:	e:	long close-mid front unrounded vowel	Rede	e
ɛ	E	open-mid front unrounded vowel	Keller	E
ɛ̃	E~	nasal open-mid front unrounded vowel	Terrain	E
i:	i:	long close front unrounded vowel	Lied	i
ɪ	I	near-close near-front unrounded vowel	bitte	i
o:	o:	long close-mid back rounded vowel	Kohl	o
ɔ	O	open-mid back rounded vowel	Koffer	O
ɔ̃	O~	nasal open-mid back rounded vowel	Annonce	O
ɔʏ	OY	diphthong	neu	O
u:	u:	long close back rounded vowel	Bruder	u
ʊ	U	near-close near-back rounded vowel	Wunder	u
y:	y:	long close front rounded vowel	kühl	u
ʏ	Y	near-close near-front rounded vowel	Küche	u
Additional Symbols
ˈ	"	primary stress	Alabama
ˌ	%	secondary stress	Alabama
.	.	syllable boundary	A.la.ba.ma