International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

German vowel pronunciation

IPA	 Examples	        English approximation

/a/	 Dach	            bra (but shorter)
/aː/ Bahn	            bra
/eː/ Beet /beːt/        face (a)  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Beet#Pronunciation_2
/ɛ/	 Bett     	        bed
/ɛː/ wähle            as above but longer https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/w%C3%A4hle#Pronunciation
/iː/ viel /fiːl/        meet (ee)  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/viel#Pronunciation_3
/ɪ/	 bist	            sit
/oː/ schon/ʃoːn/, Boot	somewhat like bone  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schon#Pronunciation
/ɔ/	 Post	            boss (o)
/øː/ Öl	/øːl/           French deux  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%96l#Pronunciation
/œ/  göttlich /ˈɡœtlɪç/  close to hurt https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/g%C3%B6ttlich#Pronunciation
/uː/ Hut /huːt/          true    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hut#Pronunciation
/ʊ/	Putz /pʊt͡s/          took    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Putz#Pronunciation
/yː/ Rübe /ˈʁyːbə/      French rue (u)  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/R%C3%BCbe#Pronunciation
/ʏ/	füllt	    much like the above but shorter  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%BCllt#German

Diphthongs
/aɪ̯/ weit /vaɪ̯t/        tie (i)  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weit#Pronunciation_3
/aʊ̯/ Haut	            how
/ɔɪ̯/ Heu, Räuber/ˈʁɔʏ̯bɐ/ boy  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/R%C3%A4uber#Pronunciation