How to pronounce "cannot" in German
cannot is pronounced with standard German phonetics in German. Hear authentic native speakers pronounce it in 94 clips with synchronized subtitles and timestamps below.
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You cannot say, das ist nicht interessant.
Hear it in context: “cannot”
94 clipsThe German word “cannot”. Phonologically, it consists of 2 syllables (can · not). SayItVid indexes 94 authentic German video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “cannot” in natural connected speech, including verified broadcasts from lingoni GERMAN, DW Deutsch.
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- 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMANClip #1 · @30:08
“keiner, sondern kein kein interessanter Bericht. You cannot say, das ist nicht interessant. Das geht nicht. Also, du kannst sagen, das ist say, das ist nicht interessant. Das geht”
- 🇩🇪 DEDW DeutschClip #2 · @14:17
“keinen und ohne unsere entwicklungshelferinnen geht es nicht hat everyone or not me be cannot even hat everyone or not me be cannot even”
- 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMANClip #3 · @3:25
“literally means today was a warm day. Heute war ein warmer Tag. So you cannot say heute ein warmes Tag war that doesn't work. Heute war ein warmer Tag say heute ein warmes Tag war that”
- 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMANClip #4 · @20:57
“zu lernen. I love to learn or I love to study. You cannot say ich liebe lernen oder ich liebe zu lernen. No, ich liebe es zu lernen. oder ich liebe zu lernen. No, ich liebe”
- 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMANClip #5 · @9:09
“Okay. Äh, ich mag es spazieren zu gehen. You cannot say ich mag spazieren gehen. That doesn't work. Ich mag es spazieren”
Pronounce: “cannot”
- Syllables:
- can · not
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