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Help[Facts] Re: German pronounciation question
in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk
Most people would say anasta-ZEE-a. The name is rare but well-known in Germany and especially used among people of russian descent.
Like elbowin said: There is also a dialect in Germany where the -st- is always pronounced sht, even if you would say s-t in High German (e. g. the word "weißt" or popular German names like Konstantin, Christian ...).
On the other hand, there is a North German dialect in which -st- is always pronounced s-t, although in High German it is sht (e.g. Stein, Stephanie ...).
Like elbowin said: There is also a dialect in Germany where the -st- is always pronounced sht, even if you would say s-t in High German (e. g. the word "weißt" or popular German names like Konstantin, Christian ...).
On the other hand, there is a North German dialect in which -st- is always pronounced s-t, although in High German it is sht (e.g. Stein, Stephanie ...).
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The old Hamburg dialectal feature of s-t at the beginning of the word famous is the phrase "s-tolpern über einen s-pitzen S-tein" is dying out rapidly, as this map clearly shows:
https://www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/stein/
The colourings are: blue: This feature is unknown; yellow: Was used in the past, but not nowadays; pink: only elderly people use it; the possible answer "it is in current use here" was not ticked frequently enough to be shown on the map.
https://www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/stein/
The colourings are: blue: This feature is unknown; yellow: Was used in the past, but not nowadays; pink: only elderly people use it; the possible answer "it is in current use here" was not ticked frequently enough to be shown on the map.
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