does anyone here speak German?

[kaninchen]

mr kaninchen's new boss is a lovely man he has known a long time who i have never met. but he has worked for before. this man has worked very hard to make this job opportunity and is moving us across the country. silly as it is, when i meet him i would love to be able to pronounce his name correctly. in the way he would in his native tongue. can someone help?

joachim? in Germany?

[Naraya]

Please don't laugh at me , but that's the only thing I could find.^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kl3idTjsdk

It's a German song about the coach of our national football team. He is called Joachim Löw, so the song is "Give me hope, Joachim". Stupid, I know.^^

[Xaniss]

LOL (I'm not laughing at you Naraya!) I saw this post and had to type: I speak Google Translate! That might help with pronunciation... though it doesn't even work on some English words 

http://translate.google.com/

[kaoskat]

Not a clue! I know we have a few Germans so I'm sure someone will able to help.

[Kiwi]

That one I'm not sure on, I'm better if I hear it once myself first. I know only a few German words (thankfully the family speaks good English)

[kaninchen]

Joachim Lowe - how could I have forgotten! I'm a huge football fan.

and I so appreciate the oddness of having a German screenname and asking this question.

[Naraya]

So, did the (stupid) song help you?

[Sebby6]

It should sound something like

yo-a-kheem

[lovesbabysquirmy]

There are quite a few German members - hopefully they can help you! 

[Estelle]

I only took basic German in high school.
Don't know if I could help all that amazingly ..

[Eviecorn]

It should sound something like

yo-a-kheem

I concur.

[Naraya]

It should sound something like

yo-a-kheem

The German "ch" is not pronounced like an English one! It's not pronounced like the "ch" in (to) ache. It's like the "ch" in the Scottish word "loch" for lake.