How do you pronounce spaetzle?

[Cecillia D Wang]

[AlfredK857]

spets-lee
Al

[Dottie Marron (dmarron@cwsl.edu)]

When I was in Stuttgart, it was pronounced with a long a:

spaytz-lee

[Cecillia D Wang]

[LizWolber]

The final "e" is not "ee" but a schwa sound (like an unaccented "uh" with
your lips drawn in.) schpeh -tsluh (should really be an upside down e)

[Betsey Fike]

In article <3mhtvr$p...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> alfre...@aol.com (AlfredK857) writes:

spets-lee
Al

Yes, but wouldn't the proper German pronunciation be
-
shpatz-ul

(that's a long a)

?

betsey
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[Deborah Moulton]

Depending what region you're in (germany) it's either Spetz-ul OR Spatz-ul
(long a)
DM

article <FIKE.95Ap...@gallop.icd.teradyne.com>,

[Frank D. Fellenz]

In article <3midqo$t...@news.ycc.yale.edu> cw...@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Cecillia D Wang) writes:

shpet(rimes with pet)sle(the e is like the pronunciation symbol ee from
Websters, who says its like the e in bed but long). The real problem is that
American mouths just don't make German sounds naturally.
Hope this helps, Frank

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[Andy Pforzheimer]

In article <fdfellenz....@ccgate.dp.beckman.com>, Frank D. Fellenz (fdfe...@ccgate.dp.beckman.com) writes:
>In article <3midqo$t...@news.ycc.yale.edu> cw...@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Cecillia D Wang) writes:
>
>shpet(rimes with pet)sle(the e is like the pronunciation symbol ee from
>Websters, who says its like the e in bed but long). The real problem is that
>American mouths just don't make German sounds naturally.
>Hope this helps, Frank

This ^ is the way my Schwitzeldeutsch (sp?) grandmother
from St. Gallen pronounced it.

[Matthew J. Mosciski]

Sp#tzle : Pronounced - Shpehtsler,

This is what I got when I was in Munich.

MA<

[YAMBROVICH]

Since American English tongues don't speak German well, the best way I've
ever heard an American describe the "umlaut-over-A" sound would be if you
smile really wide, position your mouth like you're going to say a Long E
sound (eeeeeee), then try to say a Long A

[Jon Connell]

Betsey Fike (fi...@gallop.icd.teradyne.com) wrote:
> In article <3mhtvr$p...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> alfre...@aol.com (AlfredK857) writes:
>
> spets-lee
> Al
>
> Yes, but wouldn't the proper German pronunciation be
> -
> shpatz-ul
>
> (that's a long a)
>
> ?
>
> betsey

Wrong! They're great with cheese and you say "SHPets-luh". Your
"shpatz-ul" would probably have to be written "Schpatzl"!

Just to split hairs some more, it's really "Spätzle". (oh-oh! 8-bit text!)

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[Joan Killeen]

In article 2...@marina.scn.de, j...@egnetz.uebemc.siemens.de (Jon Connell) writes:
>Betsey Fike (fi...@gallop.icd.teradyne.com) wrote:
>> In article <3mhtvr$p...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> alfre...@aol.com (AlfredK857) writes:
>>
>> spets-lee
>> Al
>>
>> Yes, but wouldn't the proper German pronunciation be
>> -
>> shpatz-ul
>>
>> (that's a long a)
>>
>> ?
>>
>> betsey
>
>Wrong! They're great with cheese and you say "SHPets-luh". Your
>"shpatz-ul" would probably have to be written "Schpatzl"!
>
>Just to split hairs some more, it's really "Spätzle". (oh-oh! 8-bit text!)
>
>

All of you are right! It depends entirely on which part of Germany,
Austria or Switzerland you happen to come from. Here in Berne it is
most definitely "spets-lee" as Al posted, but I have heard all the other
pronunciations in different regions as well.

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[Patrick McGrew]

In article <3nnh1c$6...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
bob...@aol.com says...
>
>shpay-ztul

With all due repect, I believe you mean
shpay-tzul

[Bobnemo]

shpay-ztul

[Daniel Warren]

In <1995Apr26.1...@hasler.ascom.ch> kil...@hasler.ascom.ch (Joan Killeen) writes:

>>
>>Wrong! They're great with cheese and you say "SHPets-luh". Your
>>"shpatz-ul" would probably have to be written "Schpatzl"!
>>

>All of you are right! It depends entirely on which part of Germany,
>Austria or Switzerland you happen to come from. Here in Berne it is
>most definitely "spets-lee" as Al posted, but I have heard all the other
>pronunciations in different regions as well.

My family which comes from Heilbron am Neiser uses the -luh pronunciation.

[amfco...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, April 12, 1995 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Cecillia D Wang wrote:
>

My German teacher, who is from Germany, prounounced it "sh-PET-zl."

[Nancy2]

My German great-grandma said, "shpetz-ul," with a short "e."
That is the only I have ever heard it, around here in German-background
country.

N.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Amazingly, German has regional accents. How a given German pronounces
things depends on where he's from.

Shpate-zleh is about as close as I can come to reproducing how
I was taught to prounounce ä (a-umlaut). It's somewhere
between a long 'a' and a short 'e'.

You can avoid the entire issue by using the word "spatzen" instead.

Yeah, this thread was dead for 20 years, but at least it's not
political.

Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@gmail.com]

On Friday, November 11, 2016 at 9:11:01 AM UTC-6, amfco...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Wednesday, April 12, 1995 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Cecillia D Wang wrote:
> >
>
> My German teacher, who is from Germany, prounounced it "sh-PET-zl."

TWENTY ONE year old thread.

[S Viemeister]

On 11/11/2016 5:28 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> Amazingly, German has regional accents. How a given German pronounces
> things depends on where he's from.
>
> Shpate-zleh is about as close as I can come to reproducing how
> I was taught to prounounce ä (a-umlaut). It's somewhere
> between a long 'a' and a short 'e'.
>

Yes, that is the pronunciation I was taught, too.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Frau Mueller would be pleased to hear that she taught me
correctly in high school.

Cindy Hamilton

[Ophelia]

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
news:8b820484-3c5b-4cbc...@googlegroups.com...

On Friday, November 11, 2016 at 11:56:48 AM UTC-5, Nancy2 wrote:
> My German great-grandma said, "shpetz-ul," with a short "e."
> That is the only I have ever heard it, around here in German-background
> country.

Amazingly, German has regional accents. How a given German pronounces
things depends on where he's from.

Shpate-zleh is about as close as I can come to reproducing how
I was taught to prounounce ä (a-umlaut). It's somewhere
between a long 'a' and a short 'e'.

Cindy Hamilton

===

In the parts of Germany with which I am familiar, that is exactly the way
they pronounce it.

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[Dave Smith]

On 2016-11-11 12:28 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, November 11, 2016 at 11:56:48 AM UTC-5, Nancy2 wrote:
>> My German great-grandma said, "shpetz-ul," with a short "e."
>> That is the only I have ever heard it, around here in German-background
>> country.
>
> Amazingly, German has regional accents. How a given German pronounces
> things depends on where he's from.
>
> Shpate-zleh is about as close as I can come to reproducing how
> I was taught to prounounce ä (a-umlaut). It's somewhere
> between a long 'a' and a short 'e'.

I spent half my early year's at my best friend's house. They were
German immigrants and spoke Swabian German around the house. Spaeltzle
was served often and their pronunciation is the way you spelled it out.

>
> You can avoid the entire issue by using the word "spatzen" instead.

True, except that it is usually pronounced spotchen.

[Dave Smith]

On 2016-11-11 12:28 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On Friday, November 11, 2016 at 11:56:48 AM UTC-5, Nancy2 wrote:
>> My German great-grandma said, "shpetz-ul," with a short "e."
>> That is the only I have ever heard it, around here in German-background
>> country.
>
> Amazingly, German has regional accents. How a given German pronounces
> things depends on where he's from.

They aren't just accents. They are dialects. The country is complicated.
Germanic people were spread out across a wide area, and with various
other ethnic groups live between and among them.

[Bruce]

In article <8b820484-3c5b-4cbc...@googlegroups.com>,
Cindy Hamilton says...

>
> On Friday, November 11, 2016 at 11:56:48 AM UTC-5, Nancy2 wrote:
> > My German great-grandma said, "shpetz-ul," with a short "e."
> > That is the only I have ever heard it, around here in German-background
> > country.
>
> Amazingly, German has regional accents. How a given German pronounces
> things depends on where he's from.
>
> Shpate-zleh is about as close as I can come to reproducing how
> I was taught to prounounce ä (a-umlaut). It's somewhere
> between a long 'a' and a short 'e'.

Click the blue triangle here:

http://forvo.com/word/spaetzle/#de

[Paul M. Cook]

"Nancy2" <ellor...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:7f0d8ac3-dafd-4f92...@googlegroups.com...

> My German great-grandma said, "shpetz-ul," with a short "e."
> That is the only I have ever heard it, around here in German-background
> country.
>

shpetzlee.



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[Cindy Hamilton]

On Friday, November 11, 2016 at 5:20:55 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-11-11 12:28 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Friday, November 11, 2016 at 11:56:48 AM UTC-5, Nancy2 wrote:
> >> My German great-grandma said, "shpetz-ul," with a short "e."
> >> That is the only I have ever heard it, around here in German-background
> >> country.
> >
> > Amazingly, German has regional accents. How a given German pronounces
> > things depends on where he's from.
> >
> > Shpate-zleh is about as close as I can come to reproducing how
> > I was taught to prounounce ä (a-umlaut). It's somewhere
> > between a long 'a' and a short 'e'.
>
> I spent half my early year's at my best friend's house. They were
> German immigrants and spoke Swabian German around the house. Spaeltzle
> was served often and their pronunciation is the way you spelled it out.
>
> >
> > You can avoid the entire issue by using the word "spatzen" instead.
>
> True, except that it is usually pronounced spotchen.

shpah-tzen

It avoids that troublesome a-umlaut, though.

Cindy Hamilton

[Leonard Blaisdell]

In article <f3038fbf-66c3-4681...@googlegroups.com>,

Shpate-zl[schwa]
Why isn't it a verb?

leo

[Cindy Hamilton]

Why should it be a verb? It's not an English word.

Cindy Hamilton

[Leonard Blaisdell]

In article <9ea17083-aedd-4705...@googlegroups.com>,

Cindy Hamilton <angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:


> Why should it be a verb? It's not an English word.

Oops, I meant "vowel" for a schwa. Senior moment.

leo

[ussunit...@gmail.com]

Spetzle. They are kind of like a dumpling. My mom and her side of the Haegele family use to place the dough on a plate and she would "shave the dough off the edge of the plate with a butter knife and let them "drip into boiling hot salted water with oil until they floated. Some stores make a mix, but they come out a bit small. Some people like them large. I like them the size of a noodle. I pour gravy over them and lightly sprinkled with garlic powder. If I don't use salted water, then I use garlic salt. You can also fry them with scrambled eggs. They go good with PA Dutch Scrapple for breakfast. What is Scrapple? Pork, everything but the squeal. Farmer John's Scrapple is good. Floured and lightly fried. I like mine with katsup. Some people like it with a little Log Cabin maple syrup. Ed. Zimmerman, Jr. North Las Vegas, formerly Philadelphia, PA. Some people like them with Apple Sauce and Sour Cream. Some people like them with Cinnamon and sugar.

[bobkr...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, April 12, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Cecillia D Wang wrote:
>

I have a feeling, after reviewing the replies, that pronunciation is how regional dialect pronounces it.

[douglass...@gmail.com]

The German I know says it "SHPETS-luh."
I'm surprised Webster's would say any /e/ would be "like the /e/ in bed"--i.e., a short /e/--"only long." A vowel is either short OR long. Bed = short /e/. Long /e/ in English words requires 2 e's or ea. Like beet or beat.
There are various dialects and pronunciations in Germany, depending on the region, just like every country. So Spaetzle is going to be pronounced in more than one way.
And Schweizerisch [Swiss] German sounds very different, in pronunciation and colloquialisms, from that spoken in Germany.

[jmcquown]

I don't have any reason to pronounce it but if I did I'd say spaetzle
with a long a.

Jill

[Julie Bove]

<douglass...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:0548b8be-23ff-47fc...@googlegroups.com...

I say s-pet-zull

[Bruce]

Check here:
<https://forvo.com/word/sp%C3%A4tzle/>

[A Moose in Love]

On Wednesday, April 12, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, AlfredK857 wrote:
> spets-lee
> Al

shpetzleh

[Thomas]

Sounds like Special.