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Pronunciation of Albrecht

by Joan-Ay

1/29/2008, 10:31 AM

I was wondering how everyone pronounced the name Albrecht. The database says AHL-brekht, but where I live Albrecht is a common surname and it's pronounced AHL-bright. Does anyone know the correct pronunciation?

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- EgYpTiAn PrInCeSs

1/29/2008, 6:41 PM

AL-BRET

- Erin (taquito)

1/29/2008, 2:29 PM

I have a few friends with this last name and they just skip over the ch as if it were silent, approximately AHL-bret.

- Sugar (swisssugar)

1/29/2008, 11:26 AM

Well, the German pronunciation really is AHL-brekht, with the kh sound being closest to the "ch" in loch, I guess. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by the correct pronunciation, but I would definitely say it the German way.

- Eilis (Suibhne)

1/29/2008, 11:01 AM

The database is correct. It's a fairly straightforward German pronunciation. I know in the United States a number of families with the surname Albrecht changed it to Albright generations ago to steer clear of anti-German sentiments, and that might also explain why they say Albrecht with that pronunciation. Or just that it's drifted far enough away from being a name of German speakers that its been gradually given a new regional pronunciation.

I've only heard it AHL-brekht myself.

- Mar (X-Mar)

1/29/2008, 10:58 AM

AHL-brekht is the correct pron. in Dutch. The R is rolling. CH (and G for that matter) are a sound that doesn't exist in English, that may be why it's not pronounced AHL-brekht in English speaking regions :)

- Sofia

1/29/2008, 10:57 AM

I use the German pronunciation and say 'AHL-breht'.

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