It's Stoermer. I always thought you said it one way but my friend argues that you pronounce it differently.
2006-09-16 05:57:05 · 30 answers · asked by Alicia 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
store-mer
just like it sounds
2006-09-16 05:58:11 · answer #1 · answered by Rez 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It depends upon the person who "owns" the name. I know three people with the last name "Koehler" and they all pronounce it different. According to one of them it should be pronounced with the oe sounding like a long A. One of the pronounces the oe as a a long E and the other as a long O. Probably the correct German (or similar) pronunciation is a long A, though.
2006-09-16 06:00:04 · answer #2 · answered by Elizabeth L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what language is predominantly spoken in the person's family. If it's German, for example (which it looks like to me), then the S would be pronounced "sh", and the "oe" (an alternate form of "ö" for those type fonts that don't contain the umlaut characters) would be pronounced like "eu" in French "chaleur".
The name might alternately be anglicized, in which case it would be pronounced either "Stormer", "Stermer" or whatever the family has decided the pronunciation should be. (Note to fans of the song "Bei mir bist du schön": it wouldn't be pronounced "Shtayrmer"--if "schön" were really meant to be pronounced "shane", then it would have been spelled "schän".)
2006-09-16 06:09:30 · answer #3 · answered by ichliebekira 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ask Stoermer to pronounce it the Stoermer way, better to be safe than sorry.
2006-09-16 06:05:21 · answer #4 · answered by Ani - kalabar girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You pronounce it the way the person who owns it pronounces it.
2006-09-16 06:03:06 · answer #5 · answered by Taivo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that there are two correct ways: Stoy-ee-er-man and Stoyman. I don't think that it is prounounced Stor-man. How does your friend pronouce it?
I have a friend whose last name is Chopin. HE pronounces his name as Chah-pin yet everyone else would pronounce it Show-PAHN. Go figure!
2006-09-16 08:35:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The combination OE in German is an Umlaut and is
pronounced by puckering your lips speak
ing a very TIGHT O
2006-09-16 06:17:50 · answer #7 · answered by opaalvarez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the "oe" makes an "a" sound. Like the name Koening is pronounced "kA-ning"
So Stoermer would be "stA-mer"
2006-09-16 06:00:39 · answer #8 · answered by RazzleDazzle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well see here hun: Stoemer is an language in family name like
otrhers whom are real sure and english because Irish acessistors setteled about 100 yrs ago by kin folks
2006-09-16 06:12:46 · answer #9 · answered by toddk57@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say it would be pronounced stirmer.
2006-09-16 06:18:21 · answer #10 · answered by Eddie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is Stermer, with a silent O. Whenever o and e occur together, o is silent, as in oedema, Oedipus, etc.
2006-09-16 07:15:14 · answer #11 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋