I know there are a few members who originally came form places like Sweden so im hoping someone can help me with how to pronounce these names from Norse mythology. I hope to use them in registered kc names and am considering using one for a pet name too. I would pronounce them how they are spelt but I know from dog breed names when dealing with foreign names they can sound a lot different to how they are spelt.

Fenrir - This is the one Im thinking about using for a pet name too but don't know if starting with a F will be confusing for them with having one called Fay
Geri
Freki
Hati
Sköll
Garm

First off -can you say Västgötaspets? :)

Well I can say them but I cannot explain in writing HOW. My son uses a website where he types in an English word or phrase and it is read out aloud in Swedish -but when I checked right now it has not got these names listed. (http://www.forvo.com/languages/sv/) In general though you will find that G is seldom pronounced as a J in names like it is here quite often, so Geri or Garm would sound like the first G in garage or gone, and for a lot of words the number of consonants following the vowel decides how it is pronounced. (Sorry I'm not very good at explaining!) For instance, for the word hat to be pronounced the way it is in English, it would have to be spelt hatt, otherwise it would sound different and would mean hate instead of hat.  It's what we would call a long a, pronounced I suppose like ah. So Hati would not be pronounced as Hatti, but rather Hahti.

Sköll is hard because the letter Ö is the last letter of the alphabet (it is NOT an O) and English people usually find it very hard to pronounce, hence people think that the name Björn is pronounced Bjorn, when it is entirely different. When I was 7 years old my school teacher had a husband called Björn and she taught us in class that to show an English speaking person that it was not pronounced like an O, you would write Bjoern.  But my mother's other half is called Björn and my kids (well two of them are adults now) find it almost impossible to say. Also with Sköll I am not 100 % certain as I haven't heard it before but I'd assume it is pronounced like Ch at the beginning. But I could be wrong! (The word sköld, meaning shield, would be pronounced with a ch sound at the start. But the word skola, meaning school would be pronounced the same way as the start of school in English.)

I like the name Fenrir by the way. :)

> I like the name Fenrir by the way.

Makes me think of the werewolf in Harry Potter - not entirely sure it's that appropriate for a dog :-D

Thank you goldmali. I was hoping you would see this and answer.

Well I think I can say Västgötaspets but probably not right now with what you said about the ö lol.

I've found one site that read was like Wikipedia but not and it will read out some of the words and it said than Fenrir sounded like Fenrear and one site said its said like finreer.
Was looking into Norse mythology for a litter theam so wanted wolf/dogs and I loved the part about him, I mean come on who wouldn't like a huge strong wolf.

So I was thinking right with Garm being like G(like in goat)arm, I was thinking Geri would be a j sound so good to know rd not.
Hatti is Hahti

And Sköll is either Skoell or choell. It's the wolf that chases the chariot that holds the sun across the sky trying to eat it. Although one site says it's he other way around and had to chases the so he and skoll chases the moon due to text saying that hatti chases the bright bride and skoll the shining priest and its the son that is a female and moon a male. Which makes sence but all the other sites say the other way. Just looked now and that site says it's pronounced like SKOHL, does that sounds right to you.

>it said than Fenrir sounded like Fenrear and one site said its said like finreer.

I imagine there are regional differences in pronunciation in Swedish just as there are in English. Think how different an Ulsterman sounds to a Devonian or a Glaswegian or a Geordie - but they're all speaking English and they'd all be offended if they were told they were wrong!

Freki............first thought that came to mind looking at the list was that this would probably (whether correct or not) being pronounced as Freaky maybe NOT what you want :-)

Thank you so is a case of say it which way I want then. I know with Welsh when trying to learn it we were told a word then when you used it in another town no one knew what you were saying!

Lol, one breeder in the breed called her pup she kept Freki and she seems to say it with out the r. It will be in the registered name anyway so maby not that name for a potential dog just incase lol