Is there an app that checks my German pronunciation?

What it checks

• German: every phoneme of a compound, however long it gets.
• TonePerfect aligns your recording with the text you were asked to say and scores the whole recording, each word and each individual sound inside each word, from 0 to 100.
• You read a known text (a test prompt or anything you type), so the score describes how you said exactly those words.
• Your weakest sounds are ranked, so you know what to practise first.

The long ü (über)

Say the long 'ie' of 'Liebe' and, keeping the tongue exactly there, round the lips into a tight circle as for whistling: über, früh, Bücher.

The short ü (fünf)

Say the short 'i' of 'bitte' and round the lips while the tongue stays forward: fünf, müssen, Glück. Shorter and looser than the ü in 'über'.

The long ö (schön)

Say the long 'e' of 'gehen' and keep the tongue there while rounding the lips forward. Hold it long and steady: schön, hören.

The short ö (möchte)

Say the short 'e' of 'Bett' and, without moving the tongue, round the lips into a small circle. The lip rounding is what makes it ö.

The soft ch (nicht)

Say a long 'y' as in English 'yes' but push more air and switch the voice off: the middle of the tongue rises high near the front and the air hisses gently over it. Comes after e, i, ä, ö, ü, ei, eu, after l, n, r (welche, manche, durch) and in the -ig ending.

The hard ch (Buch)

The back of the tongue rises toward the roof of the mouth — the 'k' place — but instead of blocking the air it lets it scrape through. Comes only after a, o, u, au.

The German r (rot)

Made at the BACK of the mouth: the tongue back approaches the soft palate or uvula and the voice flows with a slight rasp, like a very gentle gargle. Never the English curled-tongue r, and never a strong roll.

The vocalized r (Vater)

At the end of a syllable, German r melts into a short, dark 'ah'-like vowel: 'Vater' ends in a relaxed open sound, not a consonant. Let the tongue drop — do not curl it.

The German w (Wasser)

Top teeth on the lower lip as in 'Frau', but the voice buzzes through. German w is always this buzzing sound — never the English rounded-lips w.

The German z (zwei)

German z is t + s said together, released as one crisp sound at the front of the mouth. It is never the buzzing English z: zwei, Zeit, jetzt.

Final devoicing (und, Tag)

At the end of a word, German b, d, and g always switch to their voiceless partners: final b is said as 'p', final d as 't', and final -g in words like 'Tag' as 'k'.

The fresh vowel start (Arbeit)

German words and syllables that begin with a vowel start with a tiny catch in the throat, like the small stop in 'uh-oh'. Close the vocal cords briefly, then release straight into the vowel — never glide in from the word before.