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I'm looking for any info on the surname Löwdahl. I think it's Norwegian but perhaps it's Swedish. Is it common, and how is it pronounced? Thanks in advance.
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I would say that it is definitely Swedish especially the spelling (the letter Ö does not look like this in Norwegian)
Löw means leaf (spelling nowadays is Löv) and dahl means valley (spelling nowadays is dal)
Dahl is pronounced like it's spelled DAH-l. Löw on the other hand is much harder to explain since the sound of Ö does not exist in English. If you know french it is pronounced like the French EU- combination (ex. jeune)
I'm leaving the explanation of the Ö-pronounciation to someone else.
According to Statistics Sweden (very reliable) only 48 people have the name Löwdahl in Sweden.
Löw means leaf (spelling nowadays is Löv) and dahl means valley (spelling nowadays is dal)
Dahl is pronounced like it's spelled DAH-l. Löw on the other hand is much harder to explain since the sound of Ö does not exist in English. If you know french it is pronounced like the French EU- combination (ex. jeune)
I'm leaving the explanation of the Ö-pronounciation to someone else.
According to Statistics Sweden (very reliable) only 48 people have the name Löwdahl in Sweden.
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Pronounciation of Ö
I found a link were you can listen to the pronounciation of first names. Some of them has an Ö in them. Go to this link: http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html#J
and listen to Jörg, Jörgen or Jörn.
I hope that helps.
I found a link were you can listen to the pronounciation of first names. Some of them has an Ö in them. Go to this link: http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html#J
and listen to Jörg, Jörgen or Jörn.
I hope that helps.
This message was edited 10/7/2007, 10:22 AM
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(Here I am with my German definitions again... Please excuse me)
The ö suggests that it is German. But I doubt it. If it it though, Löwdahl would be pronounced lœf-daahl (like Roald Dahl).
Don't rely on me though, i am very unsure about this one...
The ö suggests that it is German. But I doubt it. If it it though, Löwdahl would be pronounced lœf-daahl (like Roald Dahl).
Don't rely on me though, i am very unsure about this one...
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The Ö itself is not a reliable indication that a name is German. I know for a fact that this name is Swedish. I used the link because I couldn't explain the sound of Ö since it doesn't exist in English. The Ö exists in other laguages as well, not only in German.
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