Sourav Satvaya@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoShapeshifter “E”lemmy.worldimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1751arrow-down124
arrow-up1727arrow-down1imageShapeshifter “E”lemmy.worldSourav Satvaya@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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-squarepumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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.