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German · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "der Reisepass" in German?
dair RY-zuh-pahss. A compound of Reise and Pass, with the beat on the first element.
The first element wins the stress, so the loudest syllable is at the front of a four-syllable word. In everyday speech Germans usually shorten the whole thing to Pass, which then takes the beat on its own — so the same object has a long front-stressed name and a short one-syllable one.
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Vergiss deinen Reisepass nicht!
Don't forget your passport!
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Vergiss deinen Reisepass nicht! is an imperative built on vergessen, and vergiss shows the shortened stem vowel that German imperatives of this class take. Deinen carries the masculine accusative ending, and nicht travels to the end to negate the command.
Where English speakers slip
The s in the middle buzzes, because a single s between vowels always does, while the ss at the end hisses. Learners make them both hisses. Beyond that, the shorter form Pass is what you will actually hear at a border, so it is worth having both versions ready.