Phonetics Guide
Learn the sounds of Polish with our comprehensive IPA guide. Understand how each phoneme is pronounced with real word examples.
Vowels
Monophthong vowel sounds
Short "i" sound as in "sit"
Short "oo" sound as in "put"
Short "e" sound as in "bed"
Long "oo" sound as in "too"
Long "ee" sound as in "see"
Diphthongs
Gliding vowel sounds
Consonants
Consonant sounds
Voiceless alveolar plosive
Voiced alveolar plosive
Alveolar nasal
Bilabial nasal
Voiceless alveolar fricative
Alveolar lateral approximant
Voiced labiodental fricative
Alveolar approximant
Voiceless bilabial plosive
Voiceless velar plosive
"y" sound as in "yes"
Voiced alveolar fricative
"w" sound as in "we"
Voiceless labiodental fricative
Voiced bilabial plosive
"sh" sound as in "she"
Voiceless glottal fricative
"ng" sound as in "sing"
Common Patterns
Frequent phonetic patterns