The standard German pronunciation of the '-ig' ending?
Guten tag!

So I noticed that there different ways to pronounce the '-ig' ending as in ''siebzig'' and "richtig''.

I would like to know what the standard German pronunciation is for these words.

1-pronunced as (ich)
2- ''k'' sound as in ''Car'' in English.
3-And maybe ''sh'' sound as in ''fish'' in English.

Danke.

Question

The standard German pronunciation of the '-ig' ending?
Guten tag!

So I noticed that there different ways to pronounce the '-ig' ending as in ''siebzig'' and "richtig''.

I would like to know what the standard German pronunciation is for these words.

1-pronunced as  (ich)
2-  ''k'' sound as in ''Car'' in English.
3-And maybe ''sh'' sound as in ''fish'' in English.

Danke.

Answer

Another option would have been "g" (as in "get"), perhaps that was too obvious. ;-) But it's number 1 – see, for example:
http://gfds.de/ig/
http://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/sprachratgeber/zweifelsfaelle-bei-der-aussprache

Answer

1) is the standard pronounciation but in the south of Germany you will hear 2) and 3) more often.

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