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Pronunciation.

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  • 08-07-2011 4:06pm
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    UrbanFox
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭


    Can anyone please give me an English phonetic pronunciation of the German surname " Böken " ?

    Thanks.


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    John C
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭John C


    This 'ö' can be pronounced by saying the english "e" through closely rounded lips. It does take practise.
    'B' and 'k' in this word Böken are similiar to 'b' and 'k' in english.
    The 'e' is probably pronounced short like the 'e' in the english word 'let'.
    Böken is a family name, thus it could vary from above scheme.

    Also: http://www.easy-online-german.com/training_oe.html


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    OG Artanis
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    http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#en|de|B%C3%B6ken

    hit "listen"


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    UrbanFox
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭UrbanFox


    Thanks for that.


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    Misty Moon
    Registered Users Posts: 294 ✭✭Misty Moon


    Might be telling you something you already know but for posterity, if you have an umlaut it's essentially like an 'e' after the vowel. Would you find it easier to say Boeken, or at least to figure out how to say it?

    I used to be good at pronouncing ü but somewhere along the way I lost it. I can do it most of the time but as soon as I have to think about it, it's gone. We have a Frau Müller and a Frau Möller where I work - hate having to pass messages on that involve them. :)


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    rp
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    John C wrote: »
    Böken is a family name
    So it's not a synonym for Kotzen, as I always thought?


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    Lawrence1895
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    rp wrote: »
    So it's not a synonym for Kotzen, as I always thought?

    In some regions, they say 'boecken', but that won't be understand by the whole country. And the ''ck' changes the pronunciation, the 'oe' is pronounced shortly.


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    rp
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    Lars1916 wrote: »
    In some regions, they say 'boecken', but that won't be understand by the whole country. And the ''ck' changes the pronunciation, the 'oe' is pronounced shortly.
    I didn't know that - which regions? I was just making a trite remark as it looked like the Northern Irish dialect word 'boke' - to vomit. Must have some Ur-germanic root.


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    Lawrence1895
    Registered Users Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Lawrence1895


    rp wrote: »
    I didn't know that - which regions? I was just making a trite remark as it looked like the Northern Irish dialect word 'boke' - to vomit. Must have some Ur-germanic root.

    I remember it from North Rhine Westphalia, because you make a sound like that when you throw up


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