Silent 'L' in Volkswagon?

[WhitePhantom]

Aibu to grit my teeth and want to throttle DH every time he says Vaullllkswagon? Isn't the L silent??

I wouldn’t say entirely silent. It’s like folk. Sort of half an L. Just a hint of it.*

*I am not a linguist.

Erm, no.

No, not in german: it's "folks-vargen" with the "l" pronounced as "l". Not as in the English word folk which has a silent "l".

No, I don't think so. 'Volk' doesn't rhyme with 'folk' or 'poke'. However, nor should it sound like you're sayin 'vole' with a k on the end. It's a soft 'l'.

Oh. I says voLkswagen.
But folk is foke 😂

No I'd say it was somewhere in between - an audible but slightly swallowed 'L'. And the V is more of an F.

Do you say Vokeswagon ?

The German pronounciation is more different than just the 'L' so I'm not sure it really matters

Not on this planet

Don’t think so, not sure how you would even pronounce it with a silent L. Most people I know say Volkswagen as it is spelt.

German doesn't have silent letters

Oh dear OP…

Where I am folk is pronounced ‘fowlk’ With a softish ‘w’ but it’s still there.

I think your DH is pronouncing it right.

It's pronounced F olks vaagon.

It is pronounced with the L!! What weird pronunciation of a German word! I’ve also never heard anyone either in UK or Germany not say the L. Very odd.

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I say it the same as your dh, Thats how you are meant to say it isnt it?

I agree with your DH. Volk rhymes with Tolk as in Tolkien. The L isn't stressed but it's there.

tell him to say VW - or fauw vay if he wants the deutsch :)

But it is pronounced in Volkswagen though?

I would pronounce it like your dh

But technically you both are pronouncing it wrong, here is the official pronunciation

m.mensxp.com/fine-living/auto/25907-14-car-names-youve-probably-been-pronouncing-wrong-all-this-while.html

German does have silent letters - h is often silent in names such as Luther and katharina etc. However in this example the "l" is not silent.

It's follks-vaagen (with an audible L).

I get incredibly irritated when people say "vokes-waggon" (ditto "dash-und").

You say 'folk wagon' don't you, OP?

Ooops! Ok, sorry everyone, I stand corrected! Yes Kurri, I say it like Vokeswagon. I never heard anyone say it the way DH does!

It's pronounced veedubilyou