is the "k" silent in Falkniven?

I've always said and imagined it as fall-niven, it will be good to know what more avid users call it, I don't even own one.
 
Some have always had a problem of pronouncing 'kn'.For example the name Knute ,an old and modern Scandinavian name ,in English is Canute ! It's Fallkniven, like knaeckebrot !!
 
My Fallkniven distributor told me the closest that most english speaking folks can hope come to the correct pronunciation is along the lines of fell-elk-neeven.

For all intents and purposes here in North America I hear it most often pronounced Falk-niven, next most common that I hear is Fall-niven.

FWIW the english translation is Folding Knife.

The correct english pronounciation is straight-up-great-knife :D

Kevin
 
I call them "Fell-neevin", fwiw. There's no wrong answer unless you're the Swedish Chef. :)
 
Get that Swedish under control and I'll give you lessons in Russian phonetics.

knyaz
kto
gdye
ptitsa
shchuka
yadyernoye oruzhie
 
mete said:
Some have always had a problem of pronouncing 'kn'.For example the name Knute ,an old and modern Scandinavian name ,in English is Canute ! It's Fallkniven, like knaeckebrot !!
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You must be German.

Gruesse!
 
I don't know Swedish, but I know a good amount of German and Swedish is a Germanic language. There is an umlaut over the first "a," which is pronounced like an English short "e," as in the word egg. The "k" is not silent.

So I'd agree with those who said it is pronounced "fellkneeven." Like I said I don't know the intricacies of Swedish, but it may even be "fellkneefen," as in German a "v" is typically pronounced like an English "f."
 
In the Netherlands we also say knäckebröd. We just took over the whole word, although we pronounce it a bit different than the Swedes. But here in the Netherlands it is very common to take over whole words from other languages. If you hear Dutch people speaking, you will recognize a lot of words from other European languages.
 
Dag-nabit said:
fell-elk-neeven.
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God no. Not moose either.
I was forced to learn swedish in school.

Fell (as the past form of fall in english; fell)
Knee (as the part in your foot)
Ven (as ven-part in vendor; almost like the fell part but without fussy F)

fell-knii-ven
 
A Møøse once bit my sister ...

Just make sure the accent is on the second syllable, most Americans accent the first.
 
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