How to pronounce Kveik?

[eyuptm]

Might sound like a dumb question, but how is Kviev pronounced? Is it Kwak? Sorry if it's a stupid question!!

 

[YeastFace]

It's kuh-vike. Rhymes with bike, stress on the second syllable.

Source - I asked Lars Marius Garshol if I was pronouncing it properly and he said I was spot on

 

[RichardM]

I assume you mean 'Kveik'...I don't how to pronounce it but I would guess 'key- vek' might be closed than quack

 

[Chippy_Tea]

 

[hoppyscotty]

I pronounce it 'ker-vey-ik' or if I'm talking quickly it comes out as 'k-vey-ik' so less pronunciation in the first part of the work reducing the 'ker' to 'k'.

No idea if its correct or not but people seem to get the gist.

 

[MickDundee]

I usually pronounce it “k-veek, k-vike, k-vek, or whatever it’s called”

 

[Jim Brewster]

I put it into Google translate as Norwegian and played the audio... sounds like "kvike" but the v is soft a bit like a w

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Listen to any David Heath vlog

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I put it into Google translate as Norwegian and played the audio... sounds like "kvike" but the v is soft a bit like a w

The guy in the video says it several times is this not how its pronounced?

 

[Pennine]

I always thought it was quake.

 

[dmtaylor]

quike

 

[Northern_Brewer]

For the purposes of English pronunciation (in the same way that we don't pronounce Paris like the French do) then just rhyme it with "bike" or "****", so "kvyke".

Listening to various Norwegians including Lars, they pronounce it as a bit more than a single syllable, but less than two so it's going towards "kuh-vyke" with the stress on the "vy" of the second part, and the "kuh" is only a half-syllable. And then there's a slight hint of a quarter-syllable at the end, the "ike" sound finishes with a whisper of an "ick" sound - but really no more than a hint.

 

[britton]

I just pronounce it Kveik

 

[Brewed_Force]

K-vake (rhymes with fake)

 

[Sadfield]

 

[Stevieboy]

"What?"

 

[Twostage]

Scone anyone ?

 

[DocAnna]

I used to say kv-ick but it appears from the following that it should be kiv-ike, with the first i as a quick 'i' as in pick, but can be pronounce like a contracted 'a' like cave.