diff --git a/phsource/ph_german b/phsource/ph_german
index 48b88d1c..ca5454ec 100644
--- a/phsource/ph_german
+++ b/phsource/ph_german
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ phoneme y
   IF nextPh(*) THEN
     length 110
   ENDIF
-  FMT(vowel/u#_3)
+  FMT(vowel/yy_5)
 endphoneme
 
 
diff --git a/phsource/vowel/yy_5 b/phsource/vowel/yy_5
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98eb67cd
Binary files /dev/null and b/phsource/vowel/yy_5 differ