Re: Why "kompressor" in German?

Christian Weisgerber wrote:

John VanSickle <evilsnackKOSHER@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Why do Germans spell kompressor with a k? Is it to make it look
more Germanic?

In German, a 'c' without 'h' or 'k' behind it is pronounced like 'z' (as in 'pizza').

No, it's /k/ before back vowels and /ts/ before front vowels.

I stand corrected.

Latin loans into German usually have the <c> replaced with <k> or
<z>, respectively, according to the pronunciation.

One of the things I like about German is that the orthography is fairly consistent (much more so than English).

"Beware of heard, that awful word,
Which looks like beard but sounds like bird."

Regards,
John
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