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Pronunciation of the phonetic symbols
[ä] open a as in English can, Portuguese parar
[a] open a as in English farther, German Vater, Portuguese arma
[e] closed e as in French été, German See, Portuguese mês
[æ] open e as in English let, French laid, German wählen, Portuguese perto
[ø] closed e with rounded lips as in French feu, German Höhle
[ö] open e with rounded lips as in French leur, German Köln
[o] closed o as in English November, French beau, German Sohn, Portuguese bolu
[å] open o as in English open, French lors, German Sonne, Portuguese fora
[i] closed i as in English need, French lit, German Liebe, Portuguese vida
[ü] closed i with rounded lips as in French sur, German Bühne
[u] closed u as in English soon, French ouvrir, German rufen, Portuguese puro

[b] as in English but, French port, German bin, Portuguese paz
[d] as in English day, French tout, German denken, Portuguese toque
[ð] as in English the, Spanish dado
[f] as in English first, French fort, German finden, Portuguese fazer
[g] as in English girl, French car, German geben, Portuguese que
[h] as in English him, German haben, Brasilian rua
[j] as in English yes, French hier, German Jahr
[k] aspirated as in English can, German können
[l]  as in British English like, French loup, German legen, Portuguese luz
[m] as in English mother, French mère, German Mutter, Portuguese mãe
[n] as in English name, French nom, German Name, Portuguese nome
[ñ] as in English sing, German jung, (notice: not like Spanish ñ)
[p] aspirated as in English Peter, German Peter
[r] as in French rue, North German regen, Brasilian almost as in carro
[s] as in English see, French sous, German Wasser, Portuguese saber 
[sj] [sh] as in English shine, French chez, German schön, Portuguese escuro
[t] aspirated as in English two, German Tempo
[tj] as in English chair, child
[v] as in English very, French vous, German wegen, Portuguese ver

[a:] long vowel  
[a] bold vowel will carry the stress
[au] underlined vowels are diphtongs 
[a'] with glottal stop
[äð, ä] = pronunciacion shown in slow speech and in normal speech

Abbreviations
adj = adjective
adv = adverb
art = article
conj = conjunction
prep = preposition
pron =pronoun
refl. = reflexive 
refverb  = reflexive verb
sub = substantive (noun)
sub (-en, -er) = n-word, here the definite article adds -en and plural adds -er: bil, bilen, biler
verbI = regular verbs group I (see Past Tense)
verbII = regular verbs group II (see Past Tense) 
verb* (gå, gik, gået): irregular verb in Present, Past and Present Perfect tenses
*  =  irregular verb or substantive
÷  = this form does not exist or nothing is added
: = long vowel
_ under vowels are pronounced as one sound (diftong) or as closely conected sounds
bold vowel means stress
[-] = separates 2 words or 2 sounds
( ) = can be omitted