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Simple enough: how does one pronounce 'Liljeberg'?

I have always thought it was, 'LIL-yuh-burg', but maybe someone can confirm or correct me. Thanks!

Irishman wrote:...I have always thought it was, 'LIL-yuh-burg'...

Same here, but not being a Swedish speaker I guess I'm not sure either.

(Looks to Magnus or Triddy for help.)

We are unanimous in our uncertainty. I always said "Lil ge berg" but I'm sure its probably wrong.

Two examples.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uETu_uPVIII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMuDvFz1nPA

Although in Finland names including 'berg' could also be pronounced differently. I don't know about Sweden/Swedish. (And sorry, I'm bit too feverish now to attempt to describe how Rebecka's beautiful name could be pronounced in Finland. You were all dying to here that, weren't you... )

But the good news is, that probably means we can pronounce it either way and still be right.

I've heard it (in video clips) pronounced (based on the Swedish accent), Lily-berg and also, Lil-eh-berg.

I've also wondered about Dahlström, the ö kinda confuses me.

Rebecka Fan wrote:I've heard it (in video clips) pronounced (based on the Swedish accent), Lily-berg and also, Lil-eh-berg.

I've also wondered about Dahlström, the ö kinda confuses me.

I have always pronounced Dahlström as if it were a German name (DAHL-stroem) where the ö is like the 'u' in 'fur'. I have no idea if the Swedes pronounce it like that though.

I've always assumed a Stockholm pronunciation as in ''Li - lya - burhy'' with berg as similar in pronunciation to Edinburgh (after all an Old English/ Norse name meaning ''Odin's Mountain'' i.e. Arthurs Seat, the volcanic hill on which it was founded)

You don't quite have these sounds in English so it's a bit difficult to explain in writing, but anyway:

Liljeberg is pronounced LIL-YUH-BERJ, with the J like in the name Nikolaj if you know?

The Ö in Dahlström is almost like in 'fur' like you say Irishman, but in a little more distinct way that doesn't exist in English

Hope that helps a bit

Agnes&Elin Forever! wrote:You don't quite have these sounds in English so it's a bit difficult to explain in writing, but anyway:

Liljeberg is pronounced LIL-YUH-BERJ, with the J like in the name Nikolaj if you know?

The Ö in Dahlström is almost like in 'fur' like you say Irishman, but in a little more distinct way that doesn't exist in English

Hope that helps a bit

So Liljeberg is four syllables? Is that right?

I suspected I was a bit off with Dahlström, at least in terms of how to explain it. 'Fur' is not really exactly how it sounds to me either. I know how to pronounce it in German, just not now to explain it. Whether the Swedish pronunciation is the same as for German, I don't know that either.

No three syllables LIL-YUH-BERJ, or two really LILYUH-BERJ, as I said a bit difficult to explain

And yes that's right, the Ö in German is identical to Ö in Swedish, then you know for sure

Agnes&Elin Forever! wrote:No three syllables LIL-YUH-BERJ, or two really LILYUH-BERJ, as I said a bit difficult to explain

I think I am starting to understand. The final 'j' sound is really a soft, lilting sound, not at all like the hard 'g' sound an English-speaker might think by looking at it.

I can see that I'll have to be very careful next time they call in for a drink, (or something ), if I decide to go all formal and call them by their full names, instead of just Bex and Lex.


Thanks for confusing me completely you guys.

You can pronounce their first names Fish, since girls names are almost always very international for some reason, unlike boys names

And once you're married, their last names don't matter anyway.