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I can leave the tip of my tongue in the post-alveolar position for the l while doing velar c. I can't leave it in the alveolar position while doing velar k. Maybe I would be able to do that if I had trained on a language which routinely required it. If you think most Germans can, and do, maintain contact between tongue and alveolar ridge while pronouncing velar stops, feel free to correct the Wikipedia article about Knipex 😉
gbj_tester
By people. You can make the schwa as short as possible, but I defy anybody to make it zero length as that would imply infinite tounge speed transitioning from velar k to alveolar n