How to pronounce Gleich?

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Pronunciation of Gleich in US

The American pronunciation of Gleich is

glayk  

g sounds like the 'g' in 'go'
l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'
ay sounds like the 'ie' in 'tie'
k sounds like the 'k' in 'key'


Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

American


Comments:

Pronunciation of Gleich in New York

Gleich is pronounced as

GLY SH

sh sounds like the 'sh' in 'ship'


Gleich is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ GLY SH ]

SH
ship

Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

German

Alternate Spelling(s):

Not pronounced this way

Meaning:

Equal

Additional Information:

This is a Jewish name from the province of Galicia, which existed until WW1. It was a large province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When Jews took surnames in the 18th century, there were different categories--like place names and occupations and landscape items (trees, mountains). This is simply a German word and many Jewish surnames were used German spellings.


Comments:

Pronunciation of Gleich in New York

GLI (as in glide) and SH


Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

German

Alternate Spelling(s):

Not pronounced this way

Meaning:

Equal

Additional Information:

This is a Jewish name from the province of Galicia, which existed until WW1. It was a large province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When Jews took surnames in the 18th century, there were different categories--like place names and occupations and landscape items (trees, mountains). This is simply a German word and many Jewish surnames were used German spellings.


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