How do you pronounce Ove?

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Erik Rosenberg See http://forvo.com/word/ove/#sv to hear it pronounced in Swedish. A somewhat close approximation in English is ooh-ve. ve as in "vegetarian" and ooh like the standalone expression of dismay, not the oo sound of "glue"

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Angie the audiobook pronounces it OOVA

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Tara My son, my Grandfather and My Great Grandfather are all named Ove. My Great Grandfather was from Norway. We all pronounce it like O-V. (which often people think we are saying OB- as in Obi wan kenobi from Star WArs!) Not oo-Ve. But like many names it can have different ways to say it. Just curious, does anyone else have an Ove in their family?!? I was sooo thrilled to find this book w/ my son's name!

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Kari Harris The Audiobook pronounces it Oo-vuh. Such a great book!

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M.A. Young Did readers find parts of the book funny?

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Christine Olson and you all are right. Even in Sweden it is pronounced differently depending on where you are from.

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Hoperich I listened to the audiobook and the narrator pronounced it OOO-veh, the accent being on the OOO and the veh being very quickly spoken.

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Sheri S. I'm glad I saw this comment because I've definitely been mispronouncing his name in my head, sounding it out like the word "of"! But I'm 85 pages into it, so it's going to take a little time to start mentally pronouncing it correctly while reading!

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Bella O like in bOne, V and E like in VEgetarian.

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Read On! The way you pronounce it is OOVER.

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Denise The author said it was like the old "Hoover vacuum" w/o the beginning and end of Hoover. "ou-vee"

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Leslie In Swedish, the letter O is pronounced ooh, as in ooh-la-la. The E at the end is soft, "eh". It's Ooh-veh, or Ooh-weh, depending upon the Swede pronouncing it - some turn all Vs into Ws, some make an effort to pronounce the V as we do in English.

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Patricia I like OVie. It sounds lovely and in need of a hug.cuddly which all grouches need from time to time

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Sheila Ove My great grandfather carriedna rocking chair from norway all the way to north idaho. His last name was Ove as is mine. It is pronounced long O and v the e is silent.

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Barb https://www.amazon.com/A-Man-Called-O...
Listened to a snippet...oo vah..equal weight to both syllables.

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Lena I wish a narrator would learn how to pronounce the main character's name! It drove me crazy! I have no clue why he would pronounce an "O" as a "U"!? I'm Swedish and you say the " O" as you would in "boot". You also pronounce the "e", it's not silent! "e" is said like you say "e" in electric.

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Lisa And that's probably why the Hollywood movie changed it to Otto.

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Bobby Parish How do you pronounce Ove?

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Kristin OO-vuh, according to the audiobook reader.

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Leonard I'm Swedish and we pronounce it as "oh + ve" (e as in entertainer (first e))

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Lina Holloway My grandfather's name is Ove and we pronounce it like the end of the word stove.

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Nancy Colleran
Gail Herman asked:
How do you pronounce Ove/ listen

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feafeny Either 'uːvɛ or 'uːvə , difference is minimal.

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Nazanin i dont know how i can say it but this book is perfect if i say it 10000000000000000000000000000000000000 times its not fair because i must say it more than this

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Nenad Ivan Kitanović O as in grOUp, V as in Violet and E as in mEn.

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Lorraine A member of my book club worked with someone named "Ove". He pronounced it "oo-feh". Could be on eof those regional pronounciations.

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Shiloh Ō- vie in Swedish, because the author is swedish

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Tia oh so that's how it is! My English-as-second-language ass really thought its a reference to love. I've been pronouncing it like I pronounce LOVE /lʌv/
(/ʌ:v/) without the L.

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Jeremy I say it like "of" because then it seems like the last three letters of love. I was really hoping he would end up liking his neighbors.

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Holly Spofford OOVA....Great read

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Stephen Finlan OO-veh sounds right. I know a Swedish guy named Thomas, but it's pronounced TOO-mos. I certainly wouldn't go with a Norwegian pronunciation for a Swedish name.

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