How do you pronounce frohliches weihnachten?

Answer 1

Breaking the two words down into their syllables, it goes like this:

Fro - Say "frer" rhyming with "her" because there should be an umlaut on the o

liches - sounds like 'lickers', but a little softer, so it is more like 'lickhers'

Wei - sounds like English 'vy', rhyming with 'by'

nach - sounds like nark, but softer, try saying 'naaakh', (rhymes with Bach)

ten - almost the same as ten in English, but try missing out the 'e' so it is more like 'tn'

So there you have it:

"Frolickhers Vynaaakhtn", and put the emphasis on the middle syllable of the second word: i.e. naaakh

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Answer 2

fro-li-*pronounce this part as if you were hissing* ch-eh vhy-na-*hissing again*ch-ten
"Hissing" is an ambiguous description... it's the kind of hissing associated with cats, not snakes. If you're familiar with the Scottish "ch" sound as in "loch", that's basically the same. If not, it should be pronounced somewhere between the sound of the letter K and the sound you'd make if you were trying to prepare a truly loathesome spitwad.
Also, that "o" should be an "oe" (or o-umlaut) and it's not a sound commonly encountered in English; it's a sort of cross between "oo", "ew", and "er."