German Sounds Aren’t Binary: Long, Short, Voiced, Voiceless — or Just Felt?
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German Sounds Aren’t Binary: Long, Short, Voiced, Voiceless — or Just Felt?

🔗 Choose your language We often teach students that German sounds follow clear categories: Long vs short.Voiced vs voiceless.Strong vs weak. But then students listen to […]

Timur Timur
12.01.2026 2 min read

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