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How to pronounce "expensive" in German

expensive is pronounced with standard German phonetics in German. Hear authentic native speakers pronounce it in 80 clips with synchronized subtitles and timestamps below.

ex·pen·si·ve

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Syllablesex · pen · si · ve
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14:44

by the health cost of paying for their citizens health who were having long difficult deaths essentially that were very expensive and involved lots of medical care. In China, that's not the case. medical care. In China, that's not the case.

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difficult deaths essentially that were very expensive and involved lots of medical care.

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80 clips

The German word “expensive”. Phonologically, it consists of 4 syllables (ex · pen · si · ve). SayItVid indexes 80 authentic German video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “expensive” in natural connected speech, including verified broadcasts from Simplicissimus, lingoni GERMAN, Deutsch lernen mit der DW.

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  • 🇩🇪 DESimplicissimus
    Clip #1 · @14:44
    “by the health cost of paying for their citizens health who were having long difficult deaths essentially that were very expensive and involved lots of medical care. In China, that's not the case. medical care. In China, that's not the case.”
  • 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMAN
    Clip #2 · @1:24
    “Gemälde je berühmter der Maler desto teurer seine gemäldde the more famous the painter the more expensive paintings jeesto phrases are also used with verbs and jeesto phrases are also used with verbs and”
  • 🇩🇪 DEDeutsch lernen mit der DW
    Clip #3 · @2:13
    “kaufen I'm buying Soap ich kaufe Seife that's too expensive das ist zu teuer would you like a bag möchten Sie eine Tüte teuer would you like a bag möchten Sie eine Tüte”
  • 🇩🇪 DEDW Deutsch
    Clip #4 · @7:21
    “ein bisschen als ob man Äpfel mit Birnen vergleicht. Da definitely flow batteries are more expensive. der exped.”
  • 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMAN
    Clip #5 · @4:43
    “drei. Alles means everything. In the nominative and accusative alles. Alles war sehr teuer. Everything was very expensive. Alles ist möglich. Everything is possible. Ich habe mit allem gerechnet. is possible. Ich habe mit allem gerechnet.”

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Syllables:
ex · pen · si · ve
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