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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Steve H on April 30, 2022, 04:42:04 PM

Title: Question for any German-speaking forum members
Post by: Steve H on April 30, 2022, 04:42:04 PM

I've recently started reading 'Letters and Papers from Prison' by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which was edited by his friend Eberhard Bethge, who is also frequently mentioned in the letters. The question is: how is "Bethge" pronounced - is it as though it was an English name, with the th prnounced as in "theatre", or "Betge"? I think that th is pronounced t in German, but I'm not sure.

Title: Re: Question for any German-speaking forum members
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 30, 2022, 08:03:37 PM

Quote from: Steve H on April 30, 2022, 04:42:04 PM

I've recently started reading 'Letters and Papers from Prison' by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which was edited by his friend Eberhard Bethge, who is also frequently mentioned in the letters. The question is: how is "Bethge" pronounced - is it as though it was an English name, with the th prnounced as in "theatre", or "Betge"? I think that th is pronounced t in German, but I'm not sure.

https://www.howtopronounce.com/german/eberhard-bethge-1

Title: Re: Question for any German-speaking forum members
Post by: Steve H on April 30, 2022, 08:17:11 PM

Thanks.