How do the Czech's pronounce Skoda?

[Bradpalace]

Today's trivia quiz is:

How do the Czech's pronounce Skoda? Do they do something funny with that initial S with the little v on top of it?

Is the O pronounced as an 'oh' or more of an 'err'. I suspect we all pronounce it to rhyme with Soda. Maybe it's shkerrdah.

All opinions with any authority welcome.

Then we'll move on to whether we should pronounce it that way, as the 'native's call it. It could join "Porsha", "Folksvargen" and, you'll have to squint a bit, "Sit'rer'n" etc.

Third item is what Skoda means. I've just tried Google Translate and I get "Damage" as the translation, and that's with the funny S included. Somehow I doubt it. It's not letting me use that S as a capital, so now I'm really confused, which explains me in Budapest a couple of years ago.

[gldgti]

Pretty sure you can just watch an ad on youtube with the Czech sounding voiceover guy to find out

Skoda has been a major industrial manufacturer in Eastern Europe for a century or so I think it was. They make a LOT of trams.

[Dutch77]

I believe it's pronounced Schkoda.. with the middle rhyming with mod/cod rather than the more common oh/soda sound we hear here.

I've got Czech heritage and that's how they pronounced it long before the brand reappeared here.

[MissVuks]

How do the Czech's pronounce Skoda?

The š is pronounced like a sh noise. In Croatian škoda is translated in to Šofer Kvari Ovaj Dobar Auto - literal translation is the chauffeur ruins this good car lol lame I know

[Diesel_vert]

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How do the Czech's pronounce Skoda?

The Š in Škoda can be pronounced "sh", as in, "she".

"koda" can be pronounced "codder".

Do they do something funny with that initial S with the little v on top of it?

The diacritic above the S is called a caron.

Then we'll move on to whether we should pronounce it that way, as the 'native's call it.

Not unless you are talking to someone who understands Czechoslovakian. Otherwise, just pronounce it as you would in English.

Third item is what Skoda means. I've just tried Google Translate and I get "Damage" as the translation

Before making automobiles, Škoda was an arms manufacturer which bore the name of its founder, Emil Škoda.

[Transporter]

A bit of Skoda history.

Skoda is almost 40 years older than VW and worth of mentioning that the Beetle has the Czech origin as it was stallen design, both, body and the engine.

Another less known manufacturer from the same country with even longer history;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTT09WP51X0

[Tigger]

It does sound tragic when some aussie salesman tries calling it "sschodder" etc...

I guess it is like the name John. In some countries it is Juan, but we still call him John here in australia.

I think we pronounce it as it is the custom in the local area....??

[brad]

Skoda is one of the reasons Hitler invaded CZ. Their tanks were far superior to the German ones & Hitler wanted the factory & the CZ army's fleet of tanks.

[cbay]

i usually just say skoh-dah but i'm pretty sure its more like shkor-dah.

Skoda is one of the reasons Hitler invaded CZ. Their tanks were far superior to the German ones & Hitler wanted the factory & the CZ army's fleet of tanks.

maybe Czech tanks had more boot space too

[zei20t]

I found out what the word Skoda means in Czech too: pity. but I guess it depends on the context its used in. As I don't speak Czech, im going by what someone's told me

[Twin_Dad]

If the Czech tanks were better shouldn't that, in it's self, been enough to stop the Germans from getting them......

[brad]

maybe Czech tanks had more boot space too

More BOOM space I think.

[BluChris]

They didn't need the tanks to get the Germans. Transporter is right about the original VW design being stolen by Porsche, who was under pressure to design Hitler's People's Car. Hitler was familiar with Tatra and quite liked the design prinicples they used. Porsche took much of his design for the beetle from the Tatra V570/T97. Tatra successfully sued VW after the war.

But the main reason they didn't need the tanks? High ranking German officers also knew about Tatra, and were often found behind the wheel of the awesome T87 which had an alloy V8 engine that could hit 160 km/h. Great Autobahn cruiser but it was like a giant overpowered beetle - rear engine and swing axles and therefore deadly lift off oversteer, which by all accounts took out so many officers that Hitler banned them from driving it. Was known as the Czech secret weapon.

Check out the T87 clip at Jay Leno's garage. Fabulous pre-war luxury car with unique style.

[Dutch77]

The Skoda factories were used to produce tanks for Germany, originally using the Czech design but later swapped over to the German design - perhaps some technology was transferred?

The main reason for invasion was Hitler's desire to take back the region known as the Sudetenland, and to avoid war at that point the rest of Europe allowed it to happen. Hitler then decided he would take the rest anyway.

(yes I am a WW2 tragic)

[gldgti]

maybe Czech tanks had more boot space too

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