Re: Cologne, Germany

gunananda@xxxxxxxx wrote:

and maybe the standard pronounciation of this is without
"l" , so something like "Köhn" or so , at least sometimes

because the "l" is in a weak position

No, never. German doesn't drop l or assimilate it. A few
southern dialects vocalize it, but that's far south of Cologne.

Regards
Oliver

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