A little German pronunciation, please

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » April 21st, 2009, 12:07 am

Could someone tell me how to pronounce Gott sei dank , please?

I'm in Three Men on the Bummel, with a cycle trip through the Black Forest, so I may be back for more.

Peter

kristin · Post by **kristin** » April 21st, 2009, 12:18 am

My german is rusty to put it mildly but I do remember some basic pronunciation. Something like this:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/kh/germanforpeter.mp3

Shipley · Post by **Shipley** » April 21st, 2009, 6:31 am

Without wishing to get too far into the subtleties of Native German pronunciation:

GOT (exactly as the English word) ZIGH (rhymes with "sigh") DANK (exactly as the English word of the same spelling.

The emphasis should fall on the "GOTT" as the phrase of course means "God be thanked".

Hokuspokus · Post by **Hokuspokus** » April 21st, 2009, 8:55 am

Kristin did it really good (not a bit rusty). Just to make things a bit more complicated:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/hok/gottseidank.mp3

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » April 21st, 2009, 12:50 pm

Thank you all; that's fine ... and they all sound consistent, to my untutored ears.

Peter