Porsche wheel pronunciation?

AngryCorvair wrote: lowered and on Fuchs. i like the way you think. or as DILYSI Dave will probably say, "Fuch Yeah!"

This got me thinking... I often read about these wheels but have never talked to a knowledgeable person about them. What is the proper pronuciation? berkeleys, fooks, something else?

few-ks

The correct German pronunciation would be the equivalent of 'fooks' pronounced with a short 'u'. Fuchs means 'fox' in German so if you substitute the 'o' in fox with a 'u' you're pretty close.

BoxheadTim wrote: The correct German pronunciation would be the equivalent of 'fooks' pronounced with a short 'u'. Fuchs means 'fox' in German so if you substitute the 'o' in fox with a 'u' you're pretty close.

Just make sure it's a hard "u". Use the soft "u" and you might upset some nuns, or end up on Saturday Night Live.

Fyouck

Or how about the age old debate over the pronunciation of the name Porsche itself. Por-shu or Porsh.

BoxheadTim wrote: The correct German pronunciation would be the equivalent of 'fooks' pronounced with a short 'u'. Fuchs means 'fox' in German so if you substitute the 'o' in fox with a 'u' you're pretty close.

I am fluent in German and can confirm that this is correct.

As for how to say Porsche, the correct German pronunciation is: "Porsh - eh"

An "e" at the end of a German word makes the "eh" sound...

(This explanation holds unless you're from Maine, where "eh" is pronounced "ay!")

Another one that gets me is when people say "Awe-di" for Audi. "Au" in German make exactly the same noise as "ow" in English, hence "Ow-di"

M030 wrote: Another one that gets me is when people say "Awe-di" for Audi. "Au" in German make exactly the same noise as "ow" in English, hence "Ow-di"

Like the beer Lowenbrau. It's not lo-en-BRA. That's what old women wear to keep their boobs from hanging to their waistline.

maroon92 wrote: Fyouck

Eff you back okay!

"Phone Dial" that is how I pronounce my wheelse, that are others like:

Cookie cutters

Big Phone dials.

Etc.

Fuch phone dials....

But to distill something I can use from the above, would the pronunciation "few-ks" be resonably good for a lazy american to use? If so, I think I can pull that off.

In reply to M030:

Hmmm... That makes perfect sense. So it's pronounced like Dr. Ferdinand Porsche's name.

< As for how to say Porsche, the correct German pronunciation is: "Porsh - eh" An "e" at the end of a German word makes the "eh" sound...

Thank you. I already knew that but it is always nice to have it confirmed again.