Talk:Aare

Pronunciation?

05.02.08 'Aar' is pronounced 'AH-ruh' (that's as close as I can do it). Also, note that the link on the tributary 'Allenbach' leads, not to an article about the Allenbach, but to a village in Germany or something. Not sure about that.--ChristsInstrument (talk) 19:17, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

How is "Aar" pronounced? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.3.41.118 (talk) 05:19, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Spelling Aar or Aare?

Can somebody provide a modern reference for it being spelled "Aar" in English. This spelling is not listed in List of English exonyms for German toponyms. I have never seen it anywhere else, I have always seen it referred to as "Aare" in both English and German. The Aare is wholly within German-speaking Switzerland. I suggest "Aar" is an out-of-date exonym. Many books from the 19th and early 20th centuries use the French names for German-speaking places, but these are not used any longer. TiffaF (talk) 11:36, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

The most prominent encyclopedias Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster show a preference for Aare , as well as the official English site of the Aare Gorge - ZH8000 (talk) 20:11, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

I just wanted to promise a move to "Aare", as the whole course is in German speaking municipalities. Therefore I'm glad to read that also serious printed anglophone encyclopedias prefer the German spelling. I am a native speaker of German, but an assessment of my edits in de.wiki proves that my guideline is rather "as international as possible" than "as German as possible".--Ulamm (talk) 12:58, 13 May 2014 (UTC)