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Oliver Schick in reply to @gbj_tester

No, K'nipeks; the vowel between K and N is a schwa

If that's a German name, there's no vowel between the K and the n. It's like the -(c)kn- in 'Hackney' or 'Cockney', only at the start of the word.

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gbj_tester in reply to @Oliver Schick

there's no vowel between the K and the n. It's like the -(c)kn- in 'Hackney' or 'Cockney'

As pronounced, there is a weak unstressed vowel because k is a velar plosive. Don't make it as strong as the one in cockerney or people will think you can't speak German 😁

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fizzy.bleach in reply to @gbj_tester

As pronounced

By whom?
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Oliver Schick in reply to @gbj_tester

No, as I said, there's no vowel between K and N in German -kn-.

I'd never heard of Knipex the company, so don't know if it has some kind of special pronunciation. If it follows standard German spelling conventions, it'll be the same as in words like "Knie".

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