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How to pronounce "sleep" in German

sleep is pronounced with standard German phonetics in German. Hear authentic native speakers pronounce it in 70 clips with synchronized subtitles and timestamps below.

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2:18

machen but nobody really uses that anymore it just sounds a little bit cheesy we would say mit jemandem schlafen to sleep with someone mit cheesy we would say mit jemandem

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anymore it just sounds a little bit cheesy we would say mit jemandem schlafen to sleep with someone mit

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The German word “sleep”. Phonologically, it consists of 1 syllable (sleep), pronounced as a single stressed monosyllable. SayItVid indexes 70 authentic German video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “sleep” in natural connected speech, including verified broadcasts from lingoni GERMAN, Simplicissimus, DW Deutsch.

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  • 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMAN
    Clip #1 · @2:18
    “machen but nobody really uses that anymore it just sounds a little bit cheesy we would say mit jemandem schlafen to sleep with someone mit cheesy we would say mit jemandem”
  • 🇩🇪 DESimplicissimus
    Clip #2 · @7:05
    “Topper, Bettwäsche und so. Im Sommerschlussverkauf bekommst du viele Produkte um bis zu 50% reduziert. Mit dem Code Simply Sleep 5 bekommst du noch Produkte um bis zu 50% reduziert. Mit”
  • 🇩🇪 DEDW Deutsch
    Clip #3 · @3:36
    “ihren Fotos. Sleep ist faszinierend, weil es visuell funktioniert. Kinder verstehen es, Erwachsene verstehen es und es funktioniert. Kinder verstehen es,”
  • 🇩🇪 DEDeutsch lernen mit der DW
    Clip #4 · @2:10
    “Hause at night nachts go to sleep at 10 pm ich gehe um 22 Uhr ins Bett TV Deutschlernen”
  • 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMAN
    Clip #5 · @3:35
    “yesterday evening. Let Nacht is actually the time that you sleep. Okay. So it was last night from I don't know 10 PM until last night from I don't know 10 PM until”

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