Pronouncing Sacher-Masoch

[WickedVoyce]

So I'm lousy with accents and I don't speak Austrian German... would someone please be kind enough to provide me with a phonetic pronunciation?

I've heard it as: zahkher mahzokh

However, I'd like to make certain, since I'd hate to do the man an injustice by slaughtering his name.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Netzach]

SAH-Sher MA-Sock - it's not proper Polish (wasn't he?) I'm sure but you'll fit in with the Ivory Tower just fine

 

[missy_me]

I've heard it as: zahkher mahzokh

I'd say this one is correct. Stress on the first syllable, a longish a in Masoch. And even considering his first language wasn't German, in pretty much all Slavonic languages 'ch' would be pronounced more or less 'kh', so 'zakher mazokh' seems to be close enough even if the original pronunciation would be that of Russian or Ukrainian.

 

[Tabea]

If you are really looking for the German pronunciation you could use leo, an online dictionary. On dict.leo.org you can listen to the pronuncation. They don't have Sacher-Masoch but Sacher as in Sachertorte and Masoch in Masochismus.

 

[Xelebes]

Sacher-Masoch was German, so it would have been:

Sākh' er - Mæs ókh'

The initial S is a harsher s, but not like a z. It is similar to the Old English Thorn and Eth. Thorn = (Th)e, Eth = (Th)is. The S would emulate the characteristic of the latter Eth than a softer thorn like s.

The first a is 'long', like f(a)te.

Kh is like the German ch, which is a gutteral sound from the throat whereby the rear of the tongue goes backwards and causes a hiss to be formed that way, unlike how the hiss from an s is formed.

The æsc in the second a is a shorter, non stressed equivalent to C(a)t.

The accented o in the last syllable is pronounced like one would say b(o)g.

 

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Scarce Autograph Letter Signed "Sacher-Masoch," in French , 2 pages, small 8vo, Paris, January 3, 1887. He writes an unnamed colleague,in part.

"I accept with the greatest pleasure the offer you made me. May I make use of your box on Wednesday?..."

Hmmn guess that's open for a range of interpretation . Everything from Opera to.........

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[Primalex]

S like in sign
a like in much
ch like in loch [IPA sign [x] ]
er like in square

Ma like in market
s like in zero
o like in shop
ch like in loch

The german/austrian 'ch' is not turned into a k sound.