How to pronounce Kniphausen?

A   Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:23 am GMT
How do you pronounce the dutch name "Kniphausen" ?
Kniphausener   Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:42 am GMT
like cniphousen, beginning with a c like computer
Jel'çin   Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:47 am GMT
Как бы то ни было, надо бороться. Надо бороться, чтобы произошло самое интересное...
A   Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:34 am GMT
How is the ph pronounced? And how is the s pronounced?
I'm sorry to ask such basic questions but I'm not familiar with the dutch language
12345   Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:51 pm GMT
Knip-hau-sen - 3 sullables

The p and the h are not one sound. I can't think of an English word at the moment so I'll make some non existing word.

prep house - P and h are separated, just like in Kniphausen. Ph almost never sounds like an F in Dutch. And the 's' is straightforward.

knɪp-hau-sən the stress is on the first syllable.
12345   Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:00 pm GMT
PARISIEN   Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:13 pm GMT
"The p and the h are not one sound. I can't think of an English word at the moment "

-- Just think of "Clapham' (a London suburb), officially pronounced 'Clap'am' (actually rather like 'Cla'em') but never 'Clafam'.

"Ph almost never sounds like an F in Dutch."
-- Except in "Zutphen" (I don't know why)
Leasnam   Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:25 pm GMT
<<The p and the h are not one sound. I can't think of an English word at the moment so I'll make some non existing word.
>>

'shepherd' or 'cupholder'