Let’s take a look at these common phrases.
Notice that Good night! is Gute Nacht!, not guten!
Bitte has a few different uses in German!
Let’s go over some sounds that are spelled a little differently in German.
später
später, sprechen, Spinne
(s sounds like sh)
Schnee
Schnee, Englisch, Entschuldigung
(as in “shop”)
Tschüss
Tschüss, Deutsch, kitsch
(as in “cheese”)
Notice that Entschuldigung does not have the cheese sound because t and sch are part of different syllables!