Scandinavia and the World
Scandinavia and the World

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Klaus

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@PaxRomana #9623187
Ned means down. As with all words than end in a vowel and a d, the d is soft, that is as the th of "there". So nederen is pronounced ne-there-en. In many words, a soft g is extremely weak, or entirely silent. So negeren, the negro, is pronounced ne-er-en. There is a large area of Denmark where soft d is silent. It sounds rather wierd to the rest of us. People srom there would pronounce both words alike.