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German · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "der Stuhl" in German?
dair SHTOOL. 'sht' at the start, a long 'oo' marked by the silent h, and a bright l.
One syllable, held long. The plural Stühle fronts the vowel to a long ü and adds a schwa, so the word changes both its vowel colour and its syllable count — a reminder that German plurals often have to be memorised individually rather than derived.
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Setz dich auf diesen Stuhl.
Sit on this chair.
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Setz dich auf diesen Stuhl uses the reflexive dich, because sich setzen is how German expresses sitting down, and the accusative diesen because the movement is onto the chair. Setz is the bare du-imperative and ends in the 'ts' of tz.
Where English speakers slip
A plain st at the front is the first error, and darkening the l is the second — together they produce something close to the English word stool with its hollow ending. German wants sh-t at the front and a bright, forward l at the back, with the silent h contributing nothing but length to the vowel between them.