| ā—as in fāte. | ô—as in lôrd. |
| ă—as in ădd. | ŏ—as in nŏt. |
| [+a]—as in pref´ [+a]ce. | ö—similar to u in fur. |
| ä—as in fär. | o̅o̅—as in so̅o̅n |
| ȧ—as in grȧss. | ŭ—as in ŭs. |
| a̤—as in a̤ll. | [+u]—as in [+u]-nite´. |
| ē—as in ēve. | ụ—as in fụll. |
| [+e]—as in [+e]-vent´. | u—similar to u in fur. |
| ĕ—as in ĕnd. | y̆—as in pit´ y̆. |
| ẽ—as in hẽr. | eû—as in ûs. |
| ī—as in īce. | (prolonged). |
| ĭ—as in pĭn. | oi—as in oil. |
| ō—as in rōw. | ou—as in out. |
| [+o]—as in [+o]-bey´. |
k a guttural sound, similar to aspirated h.
n represents the nasal sound in French, as in ensemble (än´ sän´ b'l).
w̆ similar to v.
Silent letters are italicized. Certain vowels, as a and e, when obscured, are also italicized.
| Amphibian (ăm fĭb´ ĭ an) | la̤u´ rĕl |
| Angelus (ăn´ g[+e] lŭs) | Liseuse (lĭ´ zeûz´) |
| Antonio Allegri da Corregio | Mignon (m[+e]´ nyôn´) |
| (ăn tō´ nĭ [+o] ăllē´ grĭ dä kŏr ĕd´ jō) | Mimi (mē´ m[+e]) |
| applause (ăp pla̤z´) | miracles (mĭr´ ȧ k'lz) |
| Asola (ä sō´ lä) | mōan´ ĭng |
| ăs´ pĭ rā´ tion (shŭn) | musician (m[+u] zĭsh´ an) |
| Bartolomé Estéban Murillo | myriad (mĭr´ ĭ ad) |
| (bär tŏl mā´ ĕstā´ bän mo̅o̅ rē´ lyō) | mysterious (mĭs tē´ rĭ ŭs) |
| Beatrice (bē´ [+a] trĭs) | naught (na̤t) |
| Brunhilde (bro̅o̅n´ hĭl´ de) | Niebelungen (nē´ bĕ lụng´ en) |
| buoys (boiz) | Odin (ō´ dĭn) |
| castle (kăs´ 'l) | Păr´ ȧ dīse |
| caverns (kăv´ ẽrnz) | Pär´ sĭ fȧl |
| citrons (sĭt´ rŭnz) | pēal´ ĭng |
| crouched (kroucht) | Pĭp´ pȧ |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti | prē´ lūde |
| (dăn´ tĕ gā´ brĭ ĕl rŏssĕt´ tē) | probation (pr[+o] bā´ shŭn) |
| Earth-dwarfs (ẽrth´-dwa̤rfs´) | quail (kwāl) |
| fagots (făg´ ŭtz) | quivered (kwĭv´ ẽrd) |
| Faust (foust) | radiance (rā´ dĭ ans) |
| Friedrich Fröe´ bel (frē´ dr[+e]k) | Rĭch´ ard Wăg´ nẽr |
| ga̤uz´ y̆ | Saul (sa̤l) |
| glēamed | sẽarch´ ĭng |
| glĭn´ tẽr ĭng | s[+e] rēne´ |
| Goethe (gö´ teh) | sĕv´ ẽred |
| Hansei (hȧns´ ē) | sheaves (shēvz) |
| hedge (hĕj) | Siegfried (sēg´ frĭd) |
| hŏl´ ly̆ hŏcks | smēared |
| indescribable (ĭn´ d[+e] skrīb´ ȧ b'l) | tadpoles (tăd´ pōlz) |
| Innocence (ĭn´ n[+o] sens) | thatched (thătcht) |
| Israel (ĭz´ r[+a] ĕl) | trŭn´ d'lĭng |
| Jean Baptiste Greuze | vision (vĭzh´ ŭn) |
| (zhän bȧ' t[+e]st´ gruz) | Watts (wŏtz) |
| Jean François Millet | wearily (wē´ rĭ ly̆) |
| (zhän frŏn´ swä´ m[+e]´ y[+a]´) | weights (wāts) |
| Jules le Febvre (zho̅o̅l leh f[+a]vr´) | wĕld |
| kĭn´ dẽr gär´ tĕn | Wilhelm Meister |
| knight (nīt) | (w̆ĭl´ hĕlm mīs´ tẽr) |