Is it 'nee-sha'? Or 'nee-chee'? 'Neesh'? 'Nee-chay'? How would he have pronounced his own name?
2007-02-08 11:04:44 · 16 answers · asked by Smokey 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Okay, since everybody's giving a different answer, let's try this. How would a German pronounce Nietzsche?
2007-02-08 11:09:19 · update #1
So it's sort of an either/or situation?... literally speaking. I mean I pronounce 'either' like 'eye-ther' but some of my friends say 'ee-ther'.
When I started reading Thus Spoke Zarathrustra yesterday, I imagined it like 'nee-sha'.
2007-02-08 11:13:47 · update #2
Neet-cha is the correct german pronunciation.
The second syllable is spoken rather short,however, stress is on the first one.
2007-02-08 11:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neet-cha
2007-02-08 11:07:49 · answer #2 · answered by tchem75 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nee-cha or nee-chee i've heard it pronounced both ways but my philosophy proff in college says nee-chee
2007-02-08 11:07:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Knee-Chay
2007-02-08 11:07:30 · answer #4 · answered by What? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neet-chee in English and Neet-cha in German. Because he was German (or Austrian?), he would have pronounced it "Neet-cha."
2007-02-08 11:09:55 · answer #5 · answered by ziema26 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
grundlego and alpha male have it right nee - chee
2007-02-08 11:09:04 · answer #6 · answered by slinda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out this website....they have a pronunciation clip you can listen to.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=Nietzsche
2007-02-08 11:09:03 · answer #7 · answered by Rayne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I pronounce it "Nee-chee".
2007-02-08 11:08:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's more like: Neet-cha (short a, not long a)
2007-02-08 11:57:43 · answer #9 · answered by Emmy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like "knee chay" some of the letter are silent
2007-02-08 11:10:33 · answer #10 · answered by ZenWoman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋