Pronunciation of the name, “ Leonhard Euler ”

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In almost every source I know, Euler has been pronounced as /ˈȯi-lər/ . Nevertheless, in a number of books translated to other languages, it is mentioned as: /ˈjuːlər/ . I doubt in it incorrectness, but have not found any source to prove it. Is this pronunciation correct or not?

Furthermore, pronouncing the word Leonhard, are we supposed to say the h letter, too?

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The German pronunciation of eu is /oi/ and the h of Leonhard is pronounced. But there is no rule how you have to pronounce foreign names. Yet in mathematic circles I think the pronunciation of Euler is with /oi/.
– rogermue
Mar 26 '16 at 7:56

He was German-speaking Swiss so the pronunciation of his name isn't really on-topic here. English Wikipedia is correct according to how I was taught, but it's not surprising that some tests translated from English get it wrong.
– Chris H
Mar 26 '16 at 8:09

You pronounce it the way Leonhard pronounced it.
– Hot Licks
Mar 26 '16 at 12:44

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@HotLicks: since Leonhard probably spoke 18th century Swiss German, it's quite likely even the Germans today don't pronounce his name the way Leonhard pronounced it. :-)
– Peter Shor
Mar 26 '16 at 14:29

What @rogermue said.
– Drew
Mar 26 '16 at 17:21

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Furthermore, pronouncing the word Leonhard, are we supposed to say the h letter, too?

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Thank you in advance

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The German pronunciation of eu is /oi/ and the h of Leonhard is pronounced. But there is no rule how you have to pronounce foreign names. Yet in mathematic circles I think the pronunciation of Euler is with /oi/.
– rogermue
Mar 26 '16 at 7:56

He was German-speaking Swiss so the pronunciation of his name isn't really on-topic here. English Wikipedia is correct according to how I was taught, but it's not surprising that some tests translated from English get it wrong.
– Chris H
Mar 26 '16 at 8:09

You pronounce it the way Leonhard pronounced it.
– Hot Licks
Mar 26 '16 at 12:44

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@HotLicks: since Leonhard probably spoke 18th century Swiss German, it's quite likely even the Germans today don't pronounce his name the way Leonhard pronounced it. :-)
– Peter Shor
Mar 26 '16 at 14:29

What @rogermue said.
– Drew
Mar 26 '16 at 17:21

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Furthermore, pronouncing the word Leonhard, are we supposed to say the h letter, too?

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Thank you in advance

edited Mar 26 '16 at 15:33

asked Mar 26 '16 at 7:46

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Furthermore, pronouncing the word Leonhard, are we supposed to say the h letter, too?

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Thank you in advance

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edited Mar 26 '16 at 15:33

asked Mar 26 '16 at 7:46

user167283

edited Mar 26 '16 at 15:33

asked Mar 26 '16 at 7:46

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asked Mar 26 '16 at 7:46

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user167283

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The German pronunciation of eu is /oi/ and the h of Leonhard is pronounced. But there is no rule how you have to pronounce foreign names. Yet in mathematic circles I think the pronunciation of Euler is with /oi/.
– rogermue
Mar 26 '16 at 7:56

He was German-speaking Swiss so the pronunciation of his name isn't really on-topic here. English Wikipedia is correct according to how I was taught, but it's not surprising that some tests translated from English get it wrong.
– Chris H
Mar 26 '16 at 8:09

You pronounce it the way Leonhard pronounced it.
– Hot Licks
Mar 26 '16 at 12:44

4

@HotLicks: since Leonhard probably spoke 18th century Swiss German, it's quite likely even the Germans today don't pronounce his name the way Leonhard pronounced it. :-)
– Peter Shor
Mar 26 '16 at 14:29

What @rogermue said.
– Drew
Mar 26 '16 at 17:21

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The German pronunciation of eu is /oi/ and the h of Leonhard is pronounced. But there is no rule how you have to pronounce foreign names. Yet in mathematic circles I think the pronunciation of Euler is with /oi/.
– rogermue
Mar 26 '16 at 7:56

He was German-speaking Swiss so the pronunciation of his name isn't really on-topic here. English Wikipedia is correct according to how I was taught, but it's not surprising that some tests translated from English get it wrong.
– Chris H
Mar 26 '16 at 8:09

You pronounce it the way Leonhard pronounced it.
– Hot Licks
Mar 26 '16 at 12:44

4

@HotLicks: since Leonhard probably spoke 18th century Swiss German, it's quite likely even the Germans today don't pronounce his name the way Leonhard pronounced it. :-)
– Peter Shor
Mar 26 '16 at 14:29

What @rogermue said.
– Drew
Mar 26 '16 at 17:21

The German pronunciation of eu is /oi/ and the h of Leonhard is pronounced. But there is no rule how you have to pronounce foreign names. Yet in mathematic circles I think the pronunciation of Euler is with /oi/.
– rogermue
Mar 26 '16 at 7:56

He was German-speaking Swiss so the pronunciation of his name isn't really on-topic here. English Wikipedia is correct according to how I was taught, but it's not surprising that some tests translated from English get it wrong.
– Chris H
Mar 26 '16 at 8:09

You pronounce it the way Leonhard pronounced it.
– Hot Licks
Mar 26 '16 at 12:44

@HotLicks: since Leonhard probably spoke 18th century Swiss German, it's quite likely even the Germans today don't pronounce his name the way Leonhard pronounced it. :-)
– Peter Shor
Mar 26 '16 at 14:29

What @rogermue said.
– Drew
Mar 26 '16 at 17:21

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In 1905, according to the Century Dictionary, Eulerian was pronounced /juˈliːrɪən/ (rhyming with Shakespearian). So presumably, in 1905 Euler was pronounced /ˈjuːlər/. (Yooler, for those who can't read IPA.)

The English-speaking mathematical community has long since realized the error of its ways, and started pronouncing Euler's last name using the modern German pronunciation, /ˈɔɪ.lər/. We still usually leave out the /h/ in his first name, and put a /d/ on the end. (The German pronunciation is more like /leːɔnhart/.) But from the OP's comments, this newer pronunciation has not spread to other languages that borrowed the English pronunciation when it was still Anglicized.

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The name is pronounced:

Leon-erd Oiler (/ˈɔɪlər/)

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By whom, when, where? The comments to the question provide more of an answer than does this answer.
– Drew
Mar 26 '16 at 17:22

I was in a movie theatre in a college town and there were gasps and groans when Benedict Cumberbatch, in the role of Alan Turing, pronounced Euler as ˈjuːlər.' Clearly the audience didn't think that's what Turing would have said. But you can't rely on the historical figure's pronunciation of his name. Most American mathematicians say "Abel" not "Arbel," and Henry David Thoreau pronounced his name "thorough."
– Airymouse
Sep 1 '16 at 18:38

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Also, it's not at all clear to me what pronunciation "leon-erd" is supposed to indicate. It doesn't seem to correspond to any way that I'd pronounce "Leonhard".
– David Richerby
Oct 5 at 14:09

@airymouse People are so quick to judge. I bet that if you asked them after they had groaned, "But do you know how it was pronounced amongst that group of university-educated people in Central Southern England in the1940s - and di you know if he used the then-current pronunciation or one he picked up at Sherborne or Cambridge or Princeton?", none of them would have known. I know that when I was at school the older teachers (who might well have graduated in the 1940s said ew but a younger one said oi.
– David Robinson
2 days ago

I call the great man "Oiler" (and avoid using his first name), but I still say "yewlerian" because I think of "Eulerian" as an English word. Am I being inconsistent? (Does any (English-speaking) body pronounce "Wronskian" as in Polish?)
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The name is pronounced:

Leon-erd Oiler (/ˈɔɪlər/)

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By whom, when, where? The comments to the question provide more of an answer than does this answer.
– Drew
Mar 26 '16 at 17:22

I was in a movie theatre in a college town and there were gasps and groans when Benedict Cumberbatch, in the role of Alan Turing, pronounced Euler as ˈjuːlər.' Clearly the audience didn't think that's what Turing would have said. But you can't rely on the historical figure's pronunciation of his name. Most American mathematicians say "Abel" not "Arbel," and Henry David Thoreau pronounced his name "thorough."
– Airymouse
Sep 1 '16 at 18:38

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Also, it's not at all clear to me what pronunciation "leon-erd" is supposed to indicate. It doesn't seem to correspond to any way that I'd pronounce "Leonhard".
– David Richerby
Oct 5 at 14:09

@airymouse People are so quick to judge. I bet that if you asked them after they had groaned, "But do you know how it was pronounced amongst that group of university-educated people in Central Southern England in the1940s - and di you know if he used the then-current pronunciation or one he picked up at Sherborne or Cambridge or Princeton?", none of them would have known. I know that when I was at school the older teachers (who might well have graduated in the 1940s said ew but a younger one said oi.
– David Robinson
2 days ago

I call the great man "Oiler" (and avoid using his first name), but I still say "yewlerian" because I think of "Eulerian" as an English word. Am I being inconsistent? (Does any (English-speaking) body pronounce "Wronskian" as in Polish?)
– bof
2 days ago

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The name is pronounced:

Leon-erd Oiler (/ˈɔɪlər/)

edited 2 days ago

AndyT

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answered Mar 26 '16 at 15:28

Snoop

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By whom, when, where? The comments to the question provide more of an answer than does this answer.
– Drew
Mar 26 '16 at 17:22

I was in a movie theatre in a college town and there were gasps and groans when Benedict Cumberbatch, in the role of Alan Turing, pronounced Euler as ˈjuːlər.' Clearly the audience didn't think that's what Turing would have said. But you can't rely on the historical figure's pronunciation of his name. Most American mathematicians say "Abel" not "Arbel," and Henry David Thoreau pronounced his name "thorough."
– Airymouse
Sep 1 '16 at 18:38

1

Also, it's not at all clear to me what pronunciation "leon-erd" is supposed to indicate. It doesn't seem to correspond to any way that I'd pronounce "Leonhard".
– David Richerby
Oct 5 at 14:09

@airymouse People are so quick to judge. I bet that if you asked them after they had groaned, "But do you know how it was pronounced amongst that group of university-educated people in Central Southern England in the1940s - and di you know if he used the then-current pronunciation or one he picked up at Sherborne or Cambridge or Princeton?", none of them would have known. I know that when I was at school the older teachers (who might well have graduated in the 1940s said ew but a younger one said oi.
– David Robinson
2 days ago

I call the great man "Oiler" (and avoid using his first name), but I still say "yewlerian" because I think of "Eulerian" as an English word. Am I being inconsistent? (Does any (English-speaking) body pronounce "Wronskian" as in Polish?)
– bof
2 days ago

add a comment |

up vote
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The name is pronounced:

Leon-erd Oiler (/ˈɔɪlər/)

edited 2 days ago

AndyT

13.7k54268

answered Mar 26 '16 at 15:28

Snoop

612411

The name is pronounced:

Leon-erd Oiler (/ˈɔɪlər/)

edited 2 days ago

AndyT

13.7k54268

answered Mar 26 '16 at 15:28

Snoop

612411

edited 2 days ago

AndyT

13.7k54268

edited 2 days ago

AndyT

13.7k54268

edited 2 days ago

AndyT

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answered Mar 26 '16 at 15:28

Snoop

612411

answered Mar 26 '16 at 15:28

Snoop

612411

answered Mar 26 '16 at 15:28

Snoop

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By whom, when, where? The comments to the question provide more of an answer than does this answer.
– Drew
Mar 26 '16 at 17:22

I was in a movie theatre in a college town and there were gasps and groans when Benedict Cumberbatch, in the role of Alan Turing, pronounced Euler as ˈjuːlər.' Clearly the audience didn't think that's what Turing would have said. But you can't rely on the historical figure's pronunciation of his name. Most American mathematicians say "Abel" not "Arbel," and Henry David Thoreau pronounced his name "thorough."
– Airymouse
Sep 1 '16 at 18:38

1

Also, it's not at all clear to me what pronunciation "leon-erd" is supposed to indicate. It doesn't seem to correspond to any way that I'd pronounce "Leonhard".
– David Richerby
Oct 5 at 14:09

@airymouse People are so quick to judge. I bet that if you asked them after they had groaned, "But do you know how it was pronounced amongst that group of university-educated people in Central Southern England in the1940s - and di you know if he used the then-current pronunciation or one he picked up at Sherborne or Cambridge or Princeton?", none of them would have known. I know that when I was at school the older teachers (who might well have graduated in the 1940s said ew but a younger one said oi.
– David Robinson
2 days ago

I call the great man "Oiler" (and avoid using his first name), but I still say "yewlerian" because I think of "Eulerian" as an English word. Am I being inconsistent? (Does any (English-speaking) body pronounce "Wronskian" as in Polish?)
– bof
2 days ago

add a comment |

3

By whom, when, where? The comments to the question provide more of an answer than does this answer.
– Drew
Mar 26 '16 at 17:22

I was in a movie theatre in a college town and there were gasps and groans when Benedict Cumberbatch, in the role of Alan Turing, pronounced Euler as ˈjuːlər.' Clearly the audience didn't think that's what Turing would have said. But you can't rely on the historical figure's pronunciation of his name. Most American mathematicians say "Abel" not "Arbel," and Henry David Thoreau pronounced his name "thorough."
– Airymouse
Sep 1 '16 at 18:38

1

Also, it's not at all clear to me what pronunciation "leon-erd" is supposed to indicate. It doesn't seem to correspond to any way that I'd pronounce "Leonhard".
– David Richerby
Oct 5 at 14:09

@airymouse People are so quick to judge. I bet that if you asked them after they had groaned, "But do you know how it was pronounced amongst that group of university-educated people in Central Southern England in the1940s - and di you know if he used the then-current pronunciation or one he picked up at Sherborne or Cambridge or Princeton?", none of them would have known. I know that when I was at school the older teachers (who might well have graduated in the 1940s said ew but a younger one said oi.
– David Robinson
2 days ago

I call the great man "Oiler" (and avoid using his first name), but I still say "yewlerian" because I think of "Eulerian" as an English word. Am I being inconsistent? (Does any (English-speaking) body pronounce "Wronskian" as in Polish?)
– bof
2 days ago

By whom, when, where? The comments to the question provide more of an answer than does this answer.
– Drew
Mar 26 '16 at 17:22

I was in a movie theatre in a college town and there were gasps and groans when Benedict Cumberbatch, in the role of Alan Turing, pronounced Euler as ˈjuːlər.' Clearly the audience didn't think that's what Turing would have said. But you can't rely on the historical figure's pronunciation of his name. Most American mathematicians say "Abel" not "Arbel," and Henry David Thoreau pronounced his name "thorough."
– Airymouse
Sep 1 '16 at 18:38

Also, it's not at all clear to me what pronunciation "leon-erd" is supposed to indicate. It doesn't seem to correspond to any way that I'd pronounce "Leonhard".
– David Richerby
Oct 5 at 14:09

@airymouse People are so quick to judge. I bet that if you asked them after they had groaned, "But do you know how it was pronounced amongst that group of university-educated people in Central Southern England in the1940s - and di you know if he used the then-current pronunciation or one he picked up at Sherborne or Cambridge or Princeton?", none of them would have known. I know that when I was at school the older teachers (who might well have graduated in the 1940s said ew but a younger one said oi.
– David Robinson
2 days ago

I call the great man "Oiler" (and avoid using his first name), but I still say "yewlerian" because I think of "Eulerian" as an English word. Am I being inconsistent? (Does any (English-speaking) body pronounce "Wronskian" as in Polish?)
– bof
2 days ago

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