How to pronounce Zapf?

Like ``tsapf''. The ``a'' is pronounced like a short version of the well known tongue-depresser vowel ``aaahhh''. Perhaps a better English analogy would be the ``o'' in ``hop'' or ``hops''.

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South Germany

from Middle High German zapfe ‘bung’, ‘stopper’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a taverner, or perhaps a nickname for an inebriate.

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Zapf is pronounced as

zaepf  

z	is pronounced as		z	in zen
ae	is pronounced as		a	in at
p	is pronounced as		p	in pet
f	is pronounced as		f	in fan

Zapf is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ z AE p f ]

z	AE	p	f
zen	at	pet	fan