How to Pronounce vogel

CEFR level: A1

English: bird

Say it like VOH-khul

Phonetic breakdown

It begins with a soft 'v', followed by a long 'o' sound, a guttural Dutch 'g' similar to the 'ch' in 'loch', and ends with an unstressed schwa sound.

English speakers often pronounce the Dutch 'g' as a hard English 'g' as in 'game' instead of the correct guttural fricative sound.

Since 'vogel' is a 'de-word' (de vogel), you must use the demonstrative pronouns 'deze' for 'this' and 'die' for 'that'.