How do you pronounce "ich liebe dich"?

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Tod

leebe is right what people have said. The "ch" in German varies depending on where you are at.
In most cases, however, the 'ch' in German is much like the sound at the beginnning of the name "Hugh"
It is like a rough 'h' in this word.
See this site for more detail and examples:
http://www.ex.ac.uk/german/abinitio/pronounce/pronoch.html

Also:
German (Standard) ich liebe Dich
German (Bayerisch) I lieb di
German (Bernisch) Ig liebe di
German (Hessisch) Isch habb disch libb
German (SchwyzerdÃ¼tsch) Ich liÃ¤bÃ¤ Dich
http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/love/iloveyou_de.mp3

If you read phonetics, try this
http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ich_liebe_dich

PedestrianMe

The best way to pronounce it is simply to kiss the person.

done

ch like u have something in the back of your throat! chhh chhh ich leebe dicchhhh

kerli145

Hiya :-) ! Yep, I totally agree with Pink Panther. Am also "quite" fluent in German. The "Ik"-version is more Dutch-like. The accent is on the "lee"-syllable. I think the link below will help you hugely with all this confusion LOL. You can listen to the words :-) . "Ich" falls under the 2nd chapter, with "Blech". Good luck :-) !

sidulrike

IÂ´m with pink panther and Tod on the pronounciation although I want to add a very odd variety of the german language, itÂ´s the HunsrÃ¼ckerisch, spoken in the low mountain range of the hunsrÃ¼ck in the midwest of Germany, west of the Rhein-Main-Area and south of Cologne. They donÂ´t have the word "love" in the dialect so they say
"Eisch hon disch geere"
:-D

scotsman

neither, really, but closer to the second. You need to make a noise at the back of your throat , almost like gargling, with those "ch"s, as in the "loch" of Scotland.

pink_panther10918

It's pronounce Ish Leebe dish, and sounds like Issh Leeeebeh Dissh.

beepy

How do I pronounce it? Ish leebeh dish of course. The dialect/pronunciation varies a bit according to region.

The REAL Tiffy!

Well, none of the above actually ich and dich have a hard 'g' a little like the 'g'in egg, but certainly not pronounced as a 'k' or 'sh'. Leebe is not right too, if you say it that way it would mean 'life'. the 'ie' should be pronounced more like a short 'e' as in me! It's hard to explain, too bad we can't make voice samples here!
Good luck!

byderule

eeg liebe deeg the g is soft inthe back of the troat certainly not like a kk is ss

sc76

ik leebe dik

'ish leebe dish' is only for those who can't pronounce the 'ik' correctly. it should be pronounced similar to a scouser saying 'like' - if you know how that sounds!!

jelly_win

ik leebe dik

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