How to pronounce Specht?

Specht is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ s p eh k ]

s	p	eh	k
so	pet	pet	key

Last Name

German-American

Woodpecker

Many of my family members, especially the older ones, drop the "t". This Romantic touch probably gave it an air of sophistication a century ago. My father and brother both enunciate the "t" now, but I never fell out of the habit.

Specht is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ s p eh k t ]

s	p	eh	k	t
so	pet	pet	key	to

Last Name

Sp ake (rhymes with bake)

Last name

German

Male, Female

Speight

woodpecker

Family lore is that this pronounciation was started during WWI to sound less German.

Specht is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ S P ai k ]

S	P	ai	k
so	pet	pain	key

Last name

German

Male, Female

Speight

woodpecker

Family lore is that this pronounciation was started during WWI to sound less German.

Specht is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ Spay ]

Last Name

German

Woodpecker or "small bird"

Ancestors emigrated in mid 1850's from Rhineland-Palatinate area of SW Germany near French border. Folklore was that "Spay" was an Americanized version of a French version of the German "Shhpeckt".

SPEK-t

Rhymes with 'Decked'

Last Name

'spek' - rhymes with "dreck"

Last Name

German-American

Woodpecker

Many of my family members, especially the older ones, drop the "t". This Romantic touch probably gave it an air of sophistication a century ago. My father and brother both enunciate the "t" now, but I never fell out of the habit.

Spay

Last Name

German

Woodpecker or "small bird"

Ancestors emigrated in mid 1850's from Rhineland-Palatinate area of SW Germany near French border. Folklore was that "Spay" was an Americanized version of a French version of the German "Shhpeckt".