How is 'Copenhagen' pronounced is it 'Copen HAY gen' or Copen HAR gen'?

Question

To Kayleigh I'm from Workington & I don't pronounce H's either lol BTW congrats to Hull City reaching the premiership hope they stay there

Answer 1

well, i'm half danish and go there all the time.

in english it is pronounced as Copen HAY gen.

Answer 2

all those other awnsers are wrong, in the danish language you spell it    københavn  and i'm pretty sure its pronounced (koe- eh -ben-hah-vuhn) and in english it is copenhagen or

( koe-pen-hay-gen)

Answer 3

To say Ko pen HAY gen  is the anglicised version.

Ko pen HAH gen is the Euro version.

"Kewp'm hown" is the Danish way.

Answer 4

This question didn't actually arise until Danny Kaye sang the song "Wonderful, wonderful, Copenhagen" in the film "Hans Christian Andersen" and pronouced it "Copen-har-gen."

Answer 5

Neither I would say,Kobenhavn( my keyboard is American,so I do not have the slash through the "O" )  My Husband is Danish so....Anyways, you would pronounce it as such..Koe-ben-hown

the.....KOE,as in TOE,BEN as in the name Ben,and HOWN as in town,KOE-Ben-Hown/Kobehavn.When amongst Danes,pronounce it as it should be,in Danish,even if it is not perfect,think they would love that you tried.  I hope this helps you ;)

Answer 6

If you hear a Danish person, they will call it by its real name, which sounds something like "Koernhahn" (don't quote me on that but it sounds nothing like you would expect), so I really don't think it matters how we say it.

Most non Danish people seem to say "HAY".

Answer 7

In Danish its København, which spelled sort of phonetically is Koob-en-HOUN.

As for English, as far as I can tell the difference is between American English and British English.

In American English it's COPE-en-hahgen or Cope-en-HAHGEN (The latter being the closest to the Danish pronunciation).

In British English its COPE-en-haygen or Cope-en-HAYGEN.

In Denmark most people learn British English, as does the rest of Europe, and all advertisments are also in British English, so Danes speaking English will almost always pronounce it COPE-en-haygen, in spite of that being the form that bears the least resemblence to the Danish. Most Danes I know will tell you the American form sounds strange, and I agree. But my American friends think the British form sounds strange. It all depends on what you're used to.

Answer 8

I say hay, Well ay...Im from Hull and we tend not to pronounce our H's.

Answer 9

yes copen hay gen is right

Answer 10

Cope - n - hay - gen

"har" is for people who think Copenhagen is some place in Germany... peopele who confuse danish/dutch/deutsch

Answer 11

Hay... in  Britain.

Answer 12

Coop un har gun

i think. lol