Pronunciation: German towns and cities 

Here are the names of 24 well-known towns and cities from the German-speaking countries. Read each word to yourself in the way that a German would pronounce it and then click on the sound icon next to each word to listen to it being spoken a German native speaker. Look up any of the places on the list with which how you are unfamiliar and note any towns or cities whose name is written differently in German than it is in English.

Exercise: German towns and cities      1. Berlin      2. Hannover      3. Düsseldorf      4. Wien      5. Zürich      6. Salzburg      7. Basel      8. London      9. München      10. Stuttgart      11. Braunschweig      12. Frankfurt      13. Graz      14. Bregenz      15. Luzern      16. Dresden      17. Leipzig      18. Magdeburg      19. Dortmund      20. Saarbrücken

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