Cuttently I'm sitting Pünktchen as well as my former cats Koda and Lilly (on top of my cat Miez and my foster Samson). Turns out the smallest kitty is the least scaredy-cat of them all, while the biggest (Samson) is by far the most scared one.

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[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 15 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Phonetic is [ˈpʏŋktçən]. It consists of two parts Pünkt-chen.

The "ü" sound really doesn't exist in English. If you know any french, the u in 'tu' (french for 'you') is pronounced similarily.

I'm guessing the 'nkt' is the hardest part to pronounce since you really have to have each letter audible.

'ch' is like a cats hissing sound.

'en' is pronounced the same way as ending without the ding.

Translation: Little dot/dots due to her face markings. 'Punkt' means 'dot', and if we wanna make a smaller version of a word (and/or cuter), a 'u' becomes an 'ü' ('a' becomes 'ä', 'o' becomes 'ö'), and the ending -chen is added.

E.g. Haar (hair) becomes Härchen, the ä is pronounced the same as the a in man, but long. In contrast, Herrchen (as in owner of a pet) is pronounced basically the same but with a ~~small~~ short vocal and a sharply pronounced r.

Hope that helps.

Edit: If you know how to pronounce a/o/u, you already know what your lips must do for ä/ö/ü. However the tongue and lower jar make for a different sound.