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Re: Thanks again. Help from German-speakers, please? (nt)
I've never seen that name before in fact, I'd say it isn't really used anymore in Germany these days or it has always been a rare name, but I'd prononce it more or less the same way as you said, "Lee-oh-bah".
I wouldn't put a stress on the "o" though, but rather pronounce "lio" as one syllable: "Lio-ba" (Taking as an orientation the word "lieb", which is the modern form of "liub/liob").And Leoba, I'd pronounce it the same way, but with a clear "lé" instead of the "lee", "Léo-ba"
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listen :)Way easier, found an interview with the comedian Lioba Albus where you can hear her name, hope it works:http://24salsa.de/media/24salsainterviews/no06_lioba_albus_interview.mp3
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I know an old woman called Lioba and she pronounces it in three syllables as LEE-oh-bah.
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Thanks a lot to you both.
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