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The first "B" in "Habsburg" is pronounced rather more like the letter "P" than the letter "B".


Not where I live (which is near Habsburg). I would pronounce it the same as the B in -burg. Where are you from (if you care to answer, no problem if not)


That's interesting, I'm not originally German but went to school in Berlin since I was 7 and always heard it pronounced as "Haaps-burk".

I'd think this is just because of how final obstruent devoicing works in German, to me it just seems like the obvious natural way to pronounce the word.


Devoicing is more common in northern dialects

https://youtu.be/9-BBgc_uBZQ?t=1m11s

Seems to be there tho just very subtle

EDIT: it's why GP is not "steffi1977" XD




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