{"id":12974,"date":"2021-05-13T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=12974"},"modified":"2021-05-12T16:01:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:01:27","slug":"spell-it-well-german-s-sch-in-the-middle-of-a-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/spell-it-well-german-s-sch-in-the-middle-of-a-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Spell it Well: German s\/sch in the middle of a word"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week in Spell it Well, we discussed the use of the s\/sch at the beginning of a word<\/a>. However, there is some weirdness going on with these letters in the middle of words, too! To find out what that’s all about, and how to spell words correctly that deal with this, keep reading!<\/p>\n

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s\/sch in the middle of a word<\/strong><\/h1>\n
\"s\/sch<\/a>

Image created by and with permission of Sten Ritterfeld<\/p><\/div>\n

Let’s dive right in. What does the s\/sch<\/em> look like in the middle of a word, and what does each one sound like?<\/p>\n

Compound Nouns<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First of all, it depends on whether we have a zusammengesetztes Wort\u00a0<\/em>(n, compound word) or not. If the\u00a0s\/sch\u00a0<\/em>is the beginning of one of the words in the compound, it is pronounced as such, of course.<\/p>\n

How to pronounce that, see the previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

der Gartenschlauch<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(garden hose)<\/p>\n

die Siebenundsiebzig<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(seventy-seven)<\/p>\n

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