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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

z in German is ts.

[–] Senshi 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, that's just wrong. z in German is z... It has a distinct pronunciation, different ( sharper) from ts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_affricate

It's literally the same sound as in "cats", which generally doesn't have a clear "t" either if that's what you mean.

[–] Senshi 1 points 1 year ago

That's kinda what I mean. Looks like I misunderstood what you meant, because "ts" is its own word on German, very similar to "tsk" in English. But it is pronounced differently (softer) than z. When used as part of words, z, tz and ts can definitely all sound identical.