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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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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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gbj_tester in reply to @Oliver Schick

Don't blame me, I was just telling people what's in the Wikipedia entry, and they have a schwa between k and n in the pronunciation guide. Either it's special (e.g. there is no schwa in ˈknakˌvʊʁst) or the Knipex article is wrong.

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