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[Surname] Swedish surnames - prn
I'd like to know how these Swedish(?) surnames are pronounced:Ollendorff
Liljemark
FälldinTIA
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CN basically gave the pronunciations, just thought I'd add a little tidbit. The -dorff in Ollendorff probably comes from German "dorf", meaning village. Ollen looks like it came from German "alle" meaning all.

This message was edited 12/5/2007, 9:08 PM

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Ollendorff- it's more or less pronounce as it looks Ollen-dorf
Liljemark- Lil-yeh-mahrk
Fälldin- Fell-deenI would say that Liljemark and Fälldin are definitely Swedish but Ollendorf is probably not originally from Sweden.
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