German consonants differ somewhat from English.
“S” before a “t” is pronounced “sh,” making “Strasse” (street) sound like “Shtrassuh.” Otherwise, “s” at the start of a word is pronounced like English “z,” making “Sagen Sie” (you say) sound like “Zagen zee.” A double “s” is pronounced like an English sibilant “s,” as in the example of “Strasse.”
“W” is pronounced like English “v,” as it is in Polish, giving us the sound “Vahrenhouse” for “Warenhaus.”
“Ch” is pronounced as a guttural in the back of the throat, a throat-clearing sound.
“Sch” is pronounced “sh.” “Scharf (sharp) is pronounced “sharf.”
“J” is pronounced like “y,” so that “judenrein” sounds like “yoodenrine.”
“Z” is pronounced “tz.” “Schulz” is pronounced “Shultz.”
Vowels in German are more or less as in English, with some exceptions.
“E” at the end of a word is always pronounced as an “uh” sound, so “bitte” (please) is pronounced “bit-uh,” and “danke” (thank you) is pronounced “dank-uh.”
“Ei” is pronounced like the long English “i.” “Meine” (mine) is pronounced “my-nuh.”
“Eu” is pronounced “oy.” “Heute” (today) is pronounced “hoy-tuh.”
“Äu” is also pronounced “oy.” “Fräulein” (Miss) is pronounced “froy-line.”