The Greek Alphabet Flashcards

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Α α

Alpha — /a/; short as in 'aha', long as in 'father'

Β β

Beta — /b/ as in 'beg' (Modern Greek: /v/)

Γ γ

Gamma — /g/ as in 'go'; before γ κ ξ χ it is /ŋ/ as in 'sing'

Δ δ

Delta — /d/ as in 'dig', unaspirated (Modern Greek: /ð/ as in 'the')

Ε ε

Epsilon — always short /e/, as in 'pet'

Ζ ζ

Zeta — /zd/ as in 'wisdom'; from about 350 BC on, plain /z/ (as in Modern Greek)

Η η

Eta — always long, open /ɛː/, as in French 'tête' (Modern Greek: /i/)

Θ θ

Theta — Classical aspirated /tʰ/, the t of 'top'; usually taught as th in 'thin'

Ι ι

Iota — /i/; short as in 'bin', long as in 'meet'

Κ κ

Kappa — /k/ as in 'skin', completely unaspirated

Λ λ

Lambda — a clear /l/, as in 'let'

Μ μ

Mu — /m/ as in 'met'

Ν ν

Nu — /n/ as in 'net'

Ξ ξ

Xi — /ks/ as in 'box'

Ο ο

Omicron — always short /o/, as in German 'Gott'

Π π

Pi — /p/ as in 'spot', completely unaspirated

Ρ ρ

Rho — a rolled /r/, as in Italian or Scots

Σ σ ς

Sigma — /s/ as in 'set'; ς only at the end of a word, σ everywhere else

Τ τ

Tau — /t/ as in 'sting', completely unaspirated

Υ υ

Upsilon — /y/, French 'tu' or German 'ü' (Modern Greek: /i/)

Φ φ

Phi — Classical aspirated /pʰ/, the p of 'pot'; usually taught as f in 'fit'

Χ χ

Chi — aspirated /kʰ/; also taught as ch in Scots 'loch', as in Modern Greek

Ψ ψ

Psi — /ps/ as in 'lapse'

Ω ω

Omega — always long, open /ɔː/, as in 'saw'

The Greek Alphabet flashcards — questions people ask

How many cards are in the The Greek Alphabet flashcard deck?

The The Greek Alphabet deck on PuzzlePage has 24 cards, and all 24 are free to play and free to download with no account and no payment. 24 cards — the Ionic alphabet Athens adopted in 403 BC has exactly 24 letters, and that is still the Greek alphabet. Nothing is added to reach a round number. Diphthongs, breathings and accents are deliberately out of scope.

What is on the the greek alphabet flashcards?

The 24 letters of the Greek alphabet in upper and lower case, each with its name and its reconstructed Classical Attic sound. Both lowercase sigmas included. Cards look like this: Α α → Alpha — /a/; short as in 'aha', long as in 'father'; Β β → Beta — /b/ as in 'beg' (Modern Greek: /v/). The deck is written for grades 6–12 and filed under world languages.

Can I study the greek alphabet flashcards online for free?

Yes. All 24 cards of the The Greek Alphabet deck play free in any web browser at puzzlepage.app, with no account, no app and no card details. It works on a phone, tablet, Chromebook, laptop or classroom projector. Practice mode flips through the cards with nothing scored; quiz mode makes you answer each card before it flips, times the run and scores it.

Are the the greek alphabet flashcards accurate?

Every card in the The Greek Alphabet deck cites two independent published sources — two different organisations, not a standards body and a site reprinting it — and a script checks that, rather than taking the writer's word for it. A second specialist then re-verified the deck against sources of their own, without reading the citations first. That is the difference from a user-generated flashcard site, where the cards are whatever a stranger typed and nobody is accountable for them.

Can I print the the greek alphabet flashcards?

Yes. The The Greek Alphabet cards are available as a printable double-sided PDF to cut up, as well as playable in the browser. The whole 24-card printable is free to download, with no account.

How should I use the The Greek Alphabet deck to revise?

Start in practice mode and go through the The Greek Alphabet deck once without scoring, to find out which cards you already know — the deck is dealt in a different order every time you open it, so you are recalling the card rather than its position. Then switch to quiz mode, which times and scores the run and lets you re-run only the cards you missed. Use the "flip deck" control to swap which side is the question: recognising an answer is much easier than producing one, so a deck you find easy one way round is usually the harder and more useful drill the other way. Two or three short sessions across a week beat one long one, which is the whole reason flashcards work.

What grade level are the the greek alphabet flashcards for?

The The Greek Alphabet deck is written for grades 6–12. Because the cards are plain term-and-answer pairs, they are also used outside that band — by adults revising world languages, and by teachers running them as a whole-class starter on a projector.