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Vom Winde verweht

English translation: "Fom Vinda Fervayt"

20:52 Sep 12, 2007
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
German term or phrase: Vom Winde verweht
How would you pronounce this? I have an actor friend in a play about "Gone with the Wind", who needs to know how to pronounce this in several languages.
spanruss
United States
Local time: 21:33
English translation:"Fom Vinda Fervayt"
Explanation:
An attempt at an easy phonological rendition. You could get a German speaker to say it for you and write down your own interpretation.

Vom has a short o sounds like the u in thumb
Winde the e at the end is a schwa like uh
Verweht - the eht sound is like ay in ray
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SpreeSarah
United States
Local time: 22:33
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5 +8"Fom Vinda Fervayt"
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Vom Winde Verweht
"Fom Vinda Fervayt"


Explanation:
An attempt at an easy phonological rendition. You could get a German speaker to say it for you and write down your own interpretation.

Vom has a short o sounds like the u in thumb
Winde the e at the end is a schwa like uh
Verweht - the eht sound is like ay in ray

SpreeSarah
United States
Local time: 22:33
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Becker
4 mins
agree  Kim Metzger: Verweht as in "fair vate". Accent on second syllable.
10 mins
agree  Dr. Fred Thomson
31 mins
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
4 hrs
agree  Jim Tucker (X): didn't know you did Yiddish, Sarah!
9 hrs
agree  Thomas Bollmann
9 hrs
agree  Hilary Davies Shelby: yes, ferVAYT
11 hrs
agree  Rebecca Garber
17 hrs
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