How To Say I Miss You in German

It's easy to say "I miss you" in German.Give your voice a longing tone and say "Ich vermisse Dich".It would be transcribed as f'mis d in theIPA.wikiHow has your back if you need help with pronunciation.More detailed help can be found below the jump.

Step 1: "Ich":

"I" is what it means.The letter 'I' is similar to the letter "i" in "bit".The sound of the 'ch' part is not in English, but in Russian and Gaelic.The closest approximation in English is'sh'.You can do better.If you keep breathing out and moving your tongue, the point of highest air friction is half an inch back in your mouth.When you say "Yes!", it should sound like the very first sound."Hhhyes!"You can hear the sound and watch a video of how it is pronounced by following this link.Click on "Frikative" if you want to.

Step 2: "vermisse"

The meaning of "vermissen" is "to miss"."v" is a letter.The 'r' is not pronounced in "er"Depending on the local dialect, the two letters are either a diphthong gliding from open mid-front unrounded ('e' in American "bed") to near-open central, orAs an English speaker would expect, the "miss" is pronounced.The whole phrase is stressed as well as the stressed syllable of the word.It's followed by an "e" which is a mid-central unrounded vowels.

Step 3: The first word "Ich" is preceded by a [d] and the object pronoun "Dich" means "you".

Step 4: It was finished.