The letter combinations ei and ie tend to cause problems as they look so similar but sound very different. For many learners the following rule provides some help: the letter combinations sound like you pronounce the second letter in English. For example, ie sounds like the ‘ee’ in eel.
As a general rule in German, the letter combinations always sound the same.
Let’s practice both letter combinations.
Words with ie | Words with ei |
vier four | eins one |
sieben seven | zwei two |
nie never | drei three |
die the - feminine | treiben to go in for |
sie she/ they | Polizei police |
spielen to play | mein my |
Stiefel boot(s) | dein your |
Stief step (family) | sein his |
Dienstag Tuesday | Meinung opinion |
Brief letter | Freitag Friday |
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