Editing Rhotic consonant (section)

===Other Germanic languages===
The rhotic consonant is dropped or vocalized under similar conditions in other Germanic languages, notably [[German language|German]], [[Danish language|Danish]], western [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] and southern [[Swedish language|Swedish]] (both because of Danish influence), rendering the English accents that native speakers of these languages speak with as non-rhotic as well.

In most varieties of German (with the notable exception of [[Swiss Standard German]]), {{IPA|/r/}} in the [[syllable coda]] is frequently realized as a vowel or a [[semivowel]], {{IPA|[ɐ]}} or {{IPA|[ɐ̯]}}. In the traditional standard pronunciation, this happens only in the unstressed ending ''-er'' and after long vowels: for example ''besser'' {{IPA|[ˈbɛsɐ]}}, ''sehr'' {{IPA|[zeːɐ̯]}}. In common speech the vocalization is usual after short vowels as well, and additional contractions may occur: for example ''Dorn'' {{IPA|[dɔɐ̯n]}} ~ {{IPA|[dɔːn]}}, ''hart'' {{IPA|[haɐ̯t]}} ~ {{IPA|[haːt]}}.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wiese |first=Richard |title=The Phonology of German |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2000 |isbn=0-19-829950-8 |edition=2nd |location=Oxford, New York |author-link=Richard Wiese (linguist)}}</ref> Commonplace mergers include that of {{IPA|/ar/}} with {{IPA|/aː/}} (leading to homophony of e.g. ''warten, waten'') and loss of length distinctions before coda {{IPA|/r/}} (e.g. homophony of ''Herr, Heer'').<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pracht|first=Henrike|title=Schemabasierte Basisalphabetisierung im Deutschen. Ein Praxisbuch für Lehrkräfte|publisher=Waxmann Verlag|year=2012|page=67}}</ref> Compare [[German phonology]].

Similarly, Danish {{IPA|/r/}} after a vowel is, unless followed by a stressed vowel, either pronounced {{IPA|da|ɐ̯|}} (''mor'' "mother" {{IPA|da|moɐ̯|}}, ''næring'' "nourishment" {{IPA|da|ˈneːɐ̯e̝ŋ|}}) or merged with the preceding vowel while usually influencing its [[vowel quality]] ({{IPA|/a(ː)r/}} and {{IPA|/ɔːr/}} or {{IPA|/ɔr/}} are realised as long vowels {{IPA|da|ɑː|}} and {{IPA|da|ɒː|}}, and {{IPA|/ər/}}, {{IPA|/rə/}} and {{IPA|/rər/}} are all pronounced {{IPA|da|ɐ|}}) (''løber'' "runner" {{IPA|da|ˈløːpɐ|}}, ''[[Søren Kierkegaard]]'' (personal name) {{IPA|da|ˌsœːɐn ˈkʰiɐ̯kəˌkɒˀ|}}).