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The first "B" in "Habsburg" is pronounced rather more like the letter "P" than the letter "B".

• steve1977 11mo ago
  Not where I live (which is near Habsburg). I would pronounce it the same as the B in -burg. Where are you from (if you care to answer, no problem if not)
  • monerozcash 11mo ago
    That's interesting, I'm not originally German but went to school in Berlin since I was 7 and always heard it pronounced as "Haaps-burk". I'd think this is just because of how final obstruent devoicing works in German, to me it just seems like the obvious natural way to pronounce the word.
    • gsf_emergency_6 11mo ago
      Devoicing is more common in northern dialects https://youtu.be/9-BBgc_uBZQ?t=1m11s https://youtu.be/9-BBgc_uBZQ?t=1m11s Seems to be there tho just very subtle EDIT: it's why GP is not "steffi1977" XD