Pronunciation of word "Diesel" in German

Aldvs   Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:31 pm GMT
I've heard all my life what I think is the English version of it something like: Dee-sl, with mute second "e" letter. But I'd like to know if in German it is mute too or if it is pronounced complete like Dee-eh-sel.
JakubikF   Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:53 pm GMT
I'm not native speaker by I think it is half-muted in this case.
Fredrik from Norway   Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:15 pm GMT
Diesel:
Very correct form: /di:zel/
Everyday speech: /di:zl/

Selig:
North German: /zeliç/ or /ze:liç/
(Bavarian coloured Hochdeutsch: /zelik/ or /ze:lik/)
The first vowel is no diphtong, but would normally be written "Seelig" in Germany if it was so supposed to be long.
Lena   Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:53 pm GMT
In Munich, s- is normally pronounced [s], not [z]: so [so], Siemens ['sim@ns], and [iç] is normally pronounced [iS] (isch) while in Northern Germany [ik] is preferred (ICH: [IS] in Munic, [Ik] in Hamburg)
Benjamin   Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:04 pm GMT
/di:zl/ — is how I'd pronounce the word in both English and German.
Nico   Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:54 pm GMT
Da fällt mir Vin Diesel ein. Den würde doch kein Deutscher in englischem Stil aussprechen:

Vin Diesel, der Sohn von Inge Meisel :-O