OswaldvW
Well-Known Member
I have noticed that homebrewers usually do a good job of pronouncing French terms (biere de garde, Saison), but we really don't do a good job pronouncing German. For instance, Perle, lauter and Vorlauf.
Perle should be pronounced Pear-luh.
Lauter [really should be Läuter, or Laeuter. Should be pronounced loitern, but lawter is not too far off] - thanks to ClaudiusB for the help on this one].
Vorlauf - I hear many people say vorloff. It actually should be pronounced Four Louf ...(with vowel sound like ouch or couch or out).
Dunkel - not done cool but more like dune kell, but not elongating the "u" too much.
Weizen. V - eye - Tsen.
Trub - we actually do a good job with this. Troooob. Rhymes with glue.
Added April 1, 2014:
Hefe - hey feh (but no diphthong ending on the ey)
Kräusen - kroyzen
I know that many people will continue to pronounce it the way they want, but for those of you interested in learning more authentic pronunciation, give it a try.
Signed,
A sincere and hopefully helpful Teutophile.
Perle should be pronounced Pear-luh.
Lauter [really should be Läuter, or Laeuter. Should be pronounced loitern, but lawter is not too far off] - thanks to ClaudiusB for the help on this one].
Vorlauf - I hear many people say vorloff. It actually should be pronounced Four Louf ...(with vowel sound like ouch or couch or out).
Dunkel - not done cool but more like dune kell, but not elongating the "u" too much.
Weizen. V - eye - Tsen.
Trub - we actually do a good job with this. Troooob. Rhymes with glue.
Added April 1, 2014:
Hefe - hey feh (but no diphthong ending on the ey)
Kräusen - kroyzen
I know that many people will continue to pronounce it the way they want, but for those of you interested in learning more authentic pronunciation, give it a try.
Signed,
A sincere and hopefully helpful Teutophile.