English Pronounciation of Mathematical Formulas
In seminars you often have to present mathematical formulas in English. To avoid common pronounciation mistakes, we have created this page, which gives the pronounciation of common mathematical expressions in English and German.
- If you think something is missing, feel free to add it!
- Note: If there is a fat bar under the symbolic representation, this is a mistake of
latex2html, not part of the formula!
Variables
| Symbol | German | English |
|---|
 | a Strich | a prime |
 | a Strich-Strich oder a zwei-Strich | a double-prime |
 | a Dach | a hat |
 | a Quer | a bar |
 | a Tilde | a tilde |
 | a Punkt | a dot |
Basic Mathematical Expressions
| Symbol | German | English (full)  | English (short) |
|---|
 | der Betrag von a | the absolute value of a | the norm of a |
 | Kombinatorik: a über b
(oder auch b aus a) | Combinatorics: a choose b
(NOT a over b !) | |
 | a hoch b | a to the power of b | a to the b |
 | a mal b | a times b | |
 | a Quadrat | a square | |
 | a plus b | a plus b | |
 | a minus b | a minus b | |
 | a fakultät | a factorial | |
 | a gleich b | a equals b | |
 | a durch b | (a divided by b) | a over b |
Analysis
Linear Algebra
Common Mistakes
