Timeline for How do I pronounce words of Latin or Greek origin in German?
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| Sep 8, 2018 at 10:00 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Sep 4, 2018 at 16:28 | comment | added | Lykanion | @Uwe Good point. I was still focused on "school pronounciation" (see here ). | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 14:39 | comment | added | user34137 | @Christian Geiselmann Thank you a lot. You as a native speaker, how do you know which syllable to stress in non-Latin non-Greek nouns that do not have a clear stem or a prefix/suffix, for example, some drug names and trademark names? | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 13:55 | comment | added | Christian Geiselmann | @Abdullah - Good question about the predictability of stresses in Greek and Latin words. I suppose there are regularities, and I hope Hubert will find the time to describe them here. - In any case, one way of determining where a word's stress is supposed to be in Greek and Latin is to see how these words are used in Greek and Latin poetry / verses, because both stress and length of vowels are important factors for creating the desired rhythm, e.g. in Hexameter verses. (That's what I remember from my Latin classes.) | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 13:09 | comment | added | user34137 | @Hubert Schölnast Thanks a lot. I will definitely read these articles. I bet they are very helpful. But one quick question before: Is the stressed syllable in Latin/Greek words ALWAYS predictable? Is the stressed syllable in drugs scientic/brand names, tradmarks,.. predictable as well? Are there rules for the stress position in such non-Greek non-Latin nouns? | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 12:27 | comment | added | Uwe | @Lykanion "Chlor" (from χλωρος) = /klo:r/ | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 9:52 | comment | added | Christian Geiselmann | Could you add a note on syllable stress, i.e. where the stress would sit in a word like calcaneus. Are there any rules or regularities that would help Abdullah to find the right syllable to bear the main stress? | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 8:15 | comment | added | Lykanion | According to both the Wikipedia page you linked and my own experience, Chi (Χ, χ) is pronounced as either [x] or [ç], so it's like ch in "Dach" or like ch in "Ich", depending on the preceding vowel. I've never heard it pronounced as the latin c, [ʦ] or [kʰ]. | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 7:57 | history | answered | Hubert Schölnast | CC BY-SA 4.0 |