German · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "andere" in German?

Q: How do you pronounce andere in German?

andere is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ˈan.də.ʁə/. It means “other.” AN-duh-ruh. Three syllables, a glottal catch at the start, and two colourless schwas after the stress.

AN-duh-ruh. Three syllables, a glottal catch at the start, and two colourless schwas after the stress.

andere /ˈan.də.ʁə/

AN- is stressed and the two syllables after it are both colourless schwas, which is unusual and slightly awkward even for Germans — hence the common contraction to andre in speech. The stress never moves regardless of which adjective ending is attached.

Listen: andere

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Sound it out

a Short and open, preceded by a light glottal stop.

nd Two consonants said as one gesture, with no helping vowel.

e An unstressed schwa, which in fast speech often disappears entirely, leaving 'andre'.

re The uvular r as a full consonant, followed by a second schwa — the adjective ending.

Hear it in a sentence

Hast du eine andere Farbe?

Do you have another color?

Listen: Hast du eine andere Farbe?

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Hast du eine andere Farbe? uses the feminine accusative, which is why both eine and andere end in -e. Farbe ends in a third schwa, so the question closes with three unstressed 'uh' sounds in a row across two words — keeping them all light is what makes it sound spoken rather than read.

Where English speakers slip

The temptation is to give the schwas real value, producing 'AN-deh-reh' with three distinct vowels. They are colourless and the middle one is optional. The other check is the glottal catch at the front — without it the word glues onto the preceding eine and the two blur into a single long mumble.