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Help[Facts] Re: Gretchen?
in reply to a message by Charlotta
The German pronuciation is hard to discribe as it has a sound that doesn't exist in English.
(The first E is rather long and open, maybe like in "bed".)
There are two CH-sounds in German, one like in Loch Ness and one that is not shaped down in your throat, but rather between your tounge and the back of your palate and this is the one that appears in GRETCHEN. It's a lot softer (and doesn't sound all that much like a throat desease) and goes with the vowels I (ee) and E (eh like in "bed"). The hard CH goes follows A (ah) O (oh) and U (uh).
The stress like in English is on the first syllable.
You will have to listen to it, I'm afraid ...
(The first E is rather long and open, maybe like in "bed".)
There are two CH-sounds in German, one like in Loch Ness and one that is not shaped down in your throat, but rather between your tounge and the back of your palate and this is the one that appears in GRETCHEN. It's a lot softer (and doesn't sound all that much like a throat desease) and goes with the vowels I (ee) and E (eh like in "bed"). The hard CH goes follows A (ah) O (oh) and U (uh).
The stress like in English is on the first syllable.
You will have to listen to it, I'm afraid ...
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