Graphemes for /y/ and Related Phonemes

Close

/y/ - close front rounded vowel

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
de-Latn	<y>	System ‘system’
de-Latn	<üh>	führen ‘lead’
de-Latn	<ü>	Tür ‘door’, Brüder ‘brothers’
yba-Latn	<y>	ɔyi

Near-close

/ʏ/ - near-close near-front rounded vowel

None

Close-mid

/ø/ - close-mid front rounded vowel

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
de-Latn	<öh>	gewöhnlich ‘usually’
de-Latn	<ö>	schön ‘beautiful’