Thread: Pronounce "Solingen"

Originally Posted by xChris

I believe in German, the S would also have more of a "Z" pronunciation, and the G would have a little harder sound (i.e., you'd hear it a little).

Zol - ing - gen

+1

My understanding is the second part of the name sounds more like "england" than "engine"... I was only made aware of this recently while working with some germans on a power plant project... up to that point I would have said the other way round

The germans pronouning "s" as "z" is legitimate too... not just in hogans heros

Does that make any sense at all?

Greg Frazer

That's a pretty good explanation -- thanks.

Originally Posted by WireBeard

+1 for ZO-ling-en

100% correct

Evenin Y'all

Hey this was very helpful, I too have never known the correct way to pronounce Zo-ling-en, but I got it down now.......lol.

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Now....anyone for Dniperopetrovsk?

Originally Posted by WireBeard

Now....anyone for Dniperopetrovsk?

Is that a real word? cuz if it is......I just gotta know what it means....LOL.

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MAAS. Do you say "mass", "mace", or "moss"

Originally Posted by cwrighta70

MAAS. Do you say "mass", "mace", or "moss"

I knew a rather handsome man by that last name years ago, and he pronounced it like "moss"

I really like this thread.....like word games.

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Originally Posted by churley

I knew a rather handsome man by that last name years ago, and he pronounced it like "moss"

I really like this thread.....like word games.

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I believe it is made in Europe (Germany, Netherlands...?)

You would say it with a drawn "A" as in the long version of Amen, not the long vowel "A" as in Cake, but more like the "A" in Car, but drawn out a bit (there's 2 of them in there, remember!).

Originally Posted by churley

Is that a real word? cuz if it is......I just gotta know what it means....LOL.

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Yep, it's a place in the Ukraine on the Dniper River. Big industrial city, was home to one of the Soviet Union's ballistic missile factories. Prokofiev was born there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk