Sourav Satvaya to memes@lemmy.world • 2 months agoShapeshifter “E”lemmy.worldimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1749arrow-down124
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minus-square@lugal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 months agoYesn’t. E and Ä are basically the same sounds but you use the letter Ä to indicate that the root word has an A. Fähre is derived from fahren so it has Ä but it’s the same sound as the first E in Mercedes.
minus-square@pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•2 months agoAt least in Austria the first e in Mercedes is much closer to e than to ä. On the other hand many actual ä are also much closer to e than to ä in Austria so ig it might be different in Germany.
Yesn’t.
E and Ä are basically the same sounds but you use the letter Ä to indicate that the root word has an A. Fähre is derived from fahren so it has Ä but it’s the same sound as the first E in Mercedes.
At least in Austria the first e in Mercedes is much closer to e than to ä.
On the other hand many actual ä are also much closer to e than to ä in Austria so ig it might be different in Germany.