The German j that isn't a dzh

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Word 1 of 3: Jahr, year

/jaːɐ̯/
Jahr

yearnoun

The time of twelve months.

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The J sounds like the y in the German ja, not like the j in Jeans.

  1. 1Ich war letztes Jahr schon einmal hier.I was here once before, last year.