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Re: Pronouciation of Sigrún?
I'd think the accent more indicates the pronunciation of the U, not the emphasis. Otherwise it'd probably be SEEK-run or seek-RUN. Maybe not though.Anyway, you can hear the German pronunciation here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html#SI don't know how close that is to the Icelandic one though.

This message was edited 11/3/2008, 2:16 AM

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I just looked it up on Wikipedia, and you're right. The ú indicates that the letter is pronounced like the "ou" in English "you", while the Icelandic "u" sounds like the German "ü". It doesn't indicate the emphasis. I just associate accent marks automatically with the emphasis. ;)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_alphabet
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isländische_Sprache

This message was edited 11/3/2008, 8:17 AM

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I know I am slow to respond, butDoes that mean it would be pronounced Sea-grune? Or what?
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Well, since I'm neither from Iceland nor fluent in Icelandic, I'm not sure. But it is probably something along those lines.
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