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A.H.
Lv 4
A.H. asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 9 years ago

How do you (English Speakers) pronounce "Stein"?

"Stein" is a German name which sometimes appears combined with other words, f.e. "Goldstein".

It's a name that exists in the US too.

Recently I had a dispute with two friends about how "Stein" is pronounced by native English speakers. Now I ask you.

Thank you in advance.

Update:

Yay. I was right. Thank you again.

Update 2:

By the way; if you are interested: Germans pronounce it "Shtine".

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  • Alice
    Lv 5
    9 years ago
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    I say stine, I've heard steen though.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    I am curious to grasp the place all people is from, i do not consider I've EVER heard an American (making use of day-to-day speech) pronounce the primary syllable as if it rhymes with car, nor have I heard the full CUE sound within the third syllable. Correctly, I think that the only vowel we mainly hear is the quick i within the second syllable. All of the leisure are schwa (or "swallowed") p'r TIK ky' l'r p' TIK ky' l'r IPA: pɚ ˈtɪokay yə lɚ _______________________________________... I believe that in the OP's native language, the ch sound may be just like German "loch" or probably "ich"

  • 9 years ago

    not only germans,

    did you forget about Einstein

    who do you think all people are pronouncing it

    just the way you wrote it "shtine"

    I do not think anyone is pronouncing it other way

    do you know the name Lisa Goldstein? (you just suggested "stein")

    it is from german and so adopted like it is

    like , do you have any choice of pronouncing "sauerkraut" or "doppleganger"

    that's the way, they just are NOT english, so they are pronounced like in its original language

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    St-eye-n. That's my way, but I know that some in Britain say it as 'st-ee-n'. 'St-eye-n' is how the Germans say it - it is a German word meaning 'stone' or 'rock'.

    So the answer is that Britons of different sorts say it in both ways. I don't know anything about how it is said in the USA.

    Source(s): Southern Briton.
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  • Allen
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    Stine

  • As a native German and English speaker(Weiss ich, mein gott...) I pronounce it like a German, because you ****** should. (kidding) I pronounce it like Stine(I know I shouldn't)

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    like "mine" but flip the I and the E and it turns into like "mean"

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