German Phonemes

The tables below list the full set of phonemes supported by Capacity Private Cloud Neural and LLM TTS for German. Each phoneme is shown with its Unicode code point(s), decimal value(s), IPA symbol, X-SAMPA representation, viseme, and an example word. Consonants and vowels are listed separately for each locale.

Phonemes can be supplied in SSML using the <phoneme> element (with alphabet="ipa" or alphabet="x-sampa") to override the default pronunciation of a word. For the complete list of Neural TTS voices, see Neural TTS Languages.

German (Germany) — de-DE

These phonemes apply to the following German (Germany) Neural TTS voices:

Alex
Gudrun

Supplementary English phonemes. In addition to the native German (Germany) inventory, this phoneme set includes a number of English phonemes (marked with ^* and grouped at the end of each table). These are provided so that English words and loanwords that appear within German (Germany) text are pronounced correctly.

Consonants

Unicode	Decimal	IPA	X-SAMPA	Viseme	Example
U+0070	112	p	p	DIS_1	Prinz
U+0062	98	b	b	DIS_1	Abend
U+0074	116	t	t	DIS_7	Hütte
U+0064	100	d	d	DIS_7	jeder
U+0261	609	ɡ	g	DIS_9	Auge
U+006B	107	k	k	DIS_9	Kunst
U+0066	102	f	f	DIS_4	Affe
U+0076	118	v	v	DIS_4	warum
U+0073	115	s	s	DIS_7	Tasse
U+007A	122	z	z	DIS_7	Hase
U+0292	658	ʒ	Z	DIS_8	Genie
U+0283	643	ʃ	S	DIS_8	Schiff
U+0064 U+0292	100 658	dʒ	dZ	DIS_8	Djungle
U+0074 U+0283	116 643	tʃ	tS	DIS_8	deutsch
U+006D	109	m	m	DIS_1	mein
U+006E	110	n	n	DIS_7	nein
U+014B	331	ŋ	N	DIS_9	Ding
U+006C	108	l	l	DIS_6	bald
U+006A	106	j	j	DIS_10	Jahr
U+0281	641	ʁ	R	DIS_3	Rat
U+0262 U+0306	610 774	ɢ̆	G\_X	DIS_3	Herde
U+0068	104	h	h	DIS_9	Hafen
U+00E7	231	ç	C	DIS_9	sicher
U+0078	120	x	x	DIS_9	Buch
U+02A6	678	ʦ	ts	DIS_7	Zahl
U+0070 U+032A U+0066	112 810 102	p̪f	p_df	DIS_1	Pfund
U+0294	660	ʔ	?	k	Ast
U+03B8	952	θ	T	DIS_5	think ^*
U+00F0	240	ð	D	DIS_5	that ^*
U+0077	119	w	w	DIS_2	water ^*
U+0279	633	ɹ	r\	DIS_3	traffic ^*

Vowels

Unicode	Decimal	IPA	X-SAMPA	Viseme	Example
U+0259	601	ə	@	DIS_9	machen
U+0061 U+0308	97 776	ä	a_"	DIS_13	Anfang
U+0061 U+0308 U+02D0	97 776 720	äː	a_":	DIS_13	Zahn
U+025B	603	ɛ	E	DIS_11	hätte
U+025B U+02D0	603 720	ɛː	E:	DIS_11	spät
U+025B U+0306	603 774	ɛ̆	E_X	DIS_11	Pedal
U+0065	101	e	e	DIS_11	Leder
U+026A	618	ɪ	I	DIS_10	still
U+0069	105	i	i	DIS_10	Niere
U+0254	596	ɔ	O	DIS_13	Motte
U+006F	111	o	o	DIS_12	Dose
U+0254 U+026A	596 618	ɔɪ	OI	DIS_12	Leute
U+0153	339	œ	9	DIS_12	könnte
U+00F8	248	ø	2	DIS_3	schön
U+028A	650	ʊ	U	DIS_11	bunt
U+0075	117	u	u	DIS_3	Mut
U+028F	655	ʏ	Y	DIS_3	hübsch
U+0079 U+02D0	121 720	yː	y:	DIS_3	rügen
U+0250	592	ɐ	6	DIS_9	Vater
U+025B U+0303	603 771	ɛ̃	E~	DIS_11	Teint
U+0251 U+0303	593 771	ɑ̃	A~	DIS_13	Chance
U+0254 U+0303	596 771	ɔ̃	O~	DIS_13	Pardon
U+0079 U+0303	121 771	ỹ	y~	DIS_13	Parfum
U+0061 U+026A	97 618	aɪ	aI	DIS_9	weiß
U+0061 U+028A	97 650	aʊ	aU	DIS_9	Auto
U+025B U+026A	603 618	ɛɪ	EI	DIS_11	Steak

^* Supplementary English phoneme — included so that English words and loanwords embedded in German (Germany) text render with correct pronunciation.

German (Austria) — de-AT

These phonemes apply to the following German (Austria) Neural TTS voice:

Leopold

Consonants

Unicode	Decimal	IPA	X-SAMPA	Viseme	Example
U+0070	112	p	p	DIS_1	Prinz
U+0062	98	b	b	DIS_1	Abend
U+0074	116	t	t	DIS_7	Hütte
U+0064	100	d	d	DIS_7	jeder
U+0261	609	ɡ	g	DIS_9	Auge
U+006B	107	k	k	DIS_9	Kunst
U+0066	102	f	f	DIS_4	Affe
U+0076	118	v	v	DIS_4	Wasser
U+0073	115	s	s	DIS_7	Tasse
U+007A	122	z	z	DIS_7	Hase
U+0292	658	ʒ	Z	DIS_8	Genie
U+0283	643	ʃ	S	DIS_8	Schiff
U+006D	109	m	m	DIS_1	mein
U+006E	110	n	n	DIS_7	nein
U+014B	331	ŋ	N	DIS_9	Ding
U+006C	108	l	l	DIS_6	bald
U+006A	106	j	j	DIS_10	Jahr
U+0281	641	ʁ	R	DIS_3	Rat
U+0068	104	h	h	DIS_9	Hafen
U+00E7	231	ç	C	DIS_9	sicher
U+0078	120	x	x	DIS_9	Buch

Vowels

Unicode	Decimal	IPA	X-SAMPA	Viseme	Example
U+0259	601	ə	@	DIS_9	machen
U+0061 U+0308	97 776	ä	a_"	DIS_13	Anfang
U+0061 U+0308 U+02D0	97 776 720	äː	a_":	DIS_13	Zahn
U+025B U+0306	603 774	ɛ̆	E_X	DIS_11	nett
U+0065	101	e	e	DIS_11	Leder
U+026A	618	ɪ	I	DIS_10	still
U+0069	105	i	i	DIS_10	Niere
U+0254	596	ɔ	O	DIS_13	Motte
U+006F	111	o	o	DIS_12	Dose
U+0254 U+026A	596 618	ɔɪ	OI	DIS_12	Leute
U+0153	339	œ	9	DIS_12	könnte
U+00F8	248	ø	2	DIS_3	schön
U+028A	650	ʊ	U	DIS_11	bunt
U+0075	117	u	u	DIS_3	Mut
U+028F	655	ʏ	Y	DIS_3	Hütte
U+0079 U+02D0	121 720	yː	y:	DIS_3	rügen
U+0250	592	ɐ	6	DIS_9	Vater
U+025B U+0303	603 771	ɛ̃	E~	DIS_11	Teint
U+0251 U+0303	593 771	ɑ̃	A~	DIS_13	Chance
U+0254 U+0303	596 771	ɔ̃	O~	DIS_13	Bronze
U+0079 U+0303	121 771	ỹ	y~	DIS_13	Parfum
U+0061 U+026A	97 618	aɪ	aI	DIS_9	weiß
U+0061 U+028A	97 650	aʊ	aU	DIS_9	Auto

Viseme values use the standard Capacity viseme set (for lip-sync and avatar animation). X-SAMPA is the ASCII-encoded equivalent of the IPA symbol.

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