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How is it pronounced? I've been saying lee-O-ba.
This message was edited 5/29/2007, 7:05 AM
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I don't know in German (maybe Satu can help with this), but in Spanish it is pronounced ['ljoba] LEE OH-bah (only two syllables). The form Leoba is not used in Spanish, but it would be pronounced leh-OH-bah [le'oba].
In Spanish, there is another name: Liuva, pronounced ['ljuba] LEE OO-bah (only two syllables). It is a Visigothic masculine name coming from the same root liub, "beloved", but not variant of Leoba/Lioba.
In Spanish, there is another name: Liuva, pronounced ['ljuba] LEE OO-bah (only two syllables). It is a Visigothic masculine name coming from the same root liub, "beloved", but not variant of Leoba/Lioba.
This message was edited 5/29/2007, 7:20 AM
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Thanks again. Help from German-speakers, please?
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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"
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
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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