Søren Kierkegaard, how is his last name pronounced?

Factual Questions
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I’m almost finished with this biography and still don’t know.

2

It’s subjective. :slight_smile:

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KEER-kuh-GARD

Click hear to listen to Merriam-Webster online pronounce it for you

4

Did he ever visit Oconomowoc, Wisconsin?

5

The “gaard” bit would be pronounced “gored”.
FTR, Søren is like, Suh-ren.

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Thank you very much peepthis and Iteki. I have bookmarked Merriam-Webster online, very helpful URL, didn’t know they had that feature. Happy St. Patty’s Day!:stuck_out_tongue:

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[Minor nitpick]
‘gaard’ is pronounced like gored, but with-out the ‘d’ sound. So it would be KEER-kuh-GORe
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