Its Merry Christmas in German, but dont know how to pronounce it
2006-11-12 07:58:17 · 6 answers · asked by gloriar59 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Your best bet is actually "Frohe Weihnachten", that's approximately /'froh-he 'vy-nagh-ten/ where the "oh" sound is very close, long, and rounded, and the "gh" is the sound of the "ch" in scottisch "loch".
"Fröhliche Weihnachten" sounds like "/'frer-lih-shay 'vy-nagh-ten/" with the first "er"is like the "er" in "her", but closer and longer, with the "r" not pronounced, the British way.
By the way, my spelling of it is the way the Germans expect it to be done.
2006-11-12 08:10:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's pronounced, "Frohliches Weihnachtem". The reason your having trouble is because there is an umlaut over the "o".
"Freeelickis Vynouchstem" is pretty close to the actual pronunciation.
2015-12-24 18:28:06 · answer #2 · answered by Art G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Froh as in "to and fro"
Lich -- as in "leek", but change the end into a gutteral "ch" as in the Scottish "loch".
es as in "us"
Wei as in "vie" meaning compete.
Nach as in "knack" only softening the end into a gutteral "ch" as in the Scottish "loch".
ten as in "ton".
The stresses come on the "Froh" and the "Wei". Just work through it piecemeal, tackling it piece by piece and speed up.
2006-11-12 08:05:52 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get a book on tape
2006-11-12 07:59:52 · answer #4 · answered by fifi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
very carefully
2006-11-12 08:00:06 · answer #5 · answered by Scorpio 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
with great difficulty.
2006-11-12 08:00:32 · answer #6 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋