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German · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "die Rechnung" in German?
dee REKH-noong. A throaty r at the front, the soft ich-laut in the middle, and the -ung suffix with a single velar nasal.
The first syllable takes the beat, since the -ung suffix is never stressed. That suffix turns verbs into feminine nouns across the whole language — Rechnung from rechnen, Übung from üben, Verspätung from verspäten — and it always leaves the weight on the root.
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Die Rechnung, bitte!
The bill, please!
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Die Rechnung, bitte! is the set phrase for asking for the bill, and it works exactly like Einen Kaffee, bitte — noun first, polite tag after a comma, no verb at all. Saying it as a single unit with a falling contour is what makes it sound natural rather than assembled.
Where English speakers slip
The stressed syllable asks the tongue to travel: it starts with a scrape at the very back of the mouth and ends with a hiss at the hard palate. Learners flatten both, producing 'RECK-nung' with an English r and a k. Add a released hard g at the end, which English speakers often do after ng, and all three of the word's German features disappear at once.