# The Word Audi ? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 1, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302 "2006-10-01T18:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/1 "2006-10-01T18:23:07Z")
Anyone know the correct pronunciation of the word **Audi.** I have heard it two ways and for lack of a better way to show it here… AUD-E and OUT-E Anyone know which is right? I always asumed that one was the German way and one was the American way. But I still say it both ways depending on who I am around. Only because you will always get that one retard in a group who will say, " OUT-E? I got an IN-E, ha ha" followed by me walking away. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/2 "2006-10-01T18:31:25Z")
its audi. not adie. there is a u in it… ---
**Author:** ![eclipsed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbce88/32.png) [@eclipsed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eclipsed)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/3 "2006-10-01T18:34:29Z")
hrm i dont think adie was one of the choices :bloated: ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/4 "2006-10-01T18:36:10Z")
oow-dee is the proper german pronunciation it is NOT pronounced like it is in “auditorium” ---
**Author:** ![N\_CTRL](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n_ctrl/32/4982_2.png) [@N\_CTRL](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/N_CTRL)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/5 "2006-10-01T18:41:56Z")
> [@HotRodKid](#): > > oow-dee is the proper german pronunciation > > it is NOT pronounced like it is in “auditorium” I agree. At home in the NYC area that’s the only way I heard it. It’s only after I came up here with your wierd WNY accents that every one says it like Auudi. It’s not a cute pet teddy bear! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/6 "2006-10-01T18:42:52Z")
> [@eclipsed](#): > > hrm > > i dont think adie was one of the choices > > :bloated: people pronounce it like that. aadie. is that better? get it now? ---
**Author:** ![buffalove](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buffalove/32/7460_2.png) [@buffalove](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalove)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/7 "2006-10-01T18:46:30Z")
> [@HotRodKid](#): > > oow-dee is the proper german pronunciation > > it is NOT pronounced like it is in “auditorium” Wrong. The germans don’t say Oww, it’s more like the Au in Australia, not owstralia…but rather Auhstralia So its more like this… It’s hard to put it into words, ask me and ill pronounce it at mighty or w/e. (I’m the guy with the 03 accord coupe…) Aadie is wrong too, they don’t hold the a that long. Correct: Auh-dee (say it fast…) Ja, der Audi ist ein gutes auto. How is BMW pronounced, heh? P.S. I lived in Germany for 10 years… ---
**Author:** ![double\_j](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/double_j/32/7380_2.png) [@double\_j](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/double_j)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/8 "2006-10-01T18:50:18Z")
owdee not awedee. the second one is the hacked american way of saying it. they say it correctly in audi commercials. [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1056236554268488667&q=the+unfair+advantage](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1056236554268488667&q=the+unfair+advantage) [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7806678189018823475&q=audi+commercial](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7806678189018823475&q=audi+commercial) they don’t say “Audi” in this, but it kind of rules [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4707552944795910583&q=audi+commercial](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4707552944795910583&q=audi+commercial) ---
**Author:** ![buffalove](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buffalove/32/7460_2.png) [@buffalove](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalove)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/9 "2006-10-01T18:51:32Z")
> [@01AudiS4](#): > > Anyone know the correct pronunciation of the word **Audi.** > I have heard it two ways and for lack of a better way to show it here… > AUD-E and OUT-E > Anyone know which is right? I always asumed that one was the German way and one was the American way. But I still say it both ways depending on who I am around. Only because you will always get that one retard in a group who will say, " OUT-E? I got an IN-E, ha ha" followed by me walking away. Should have asked me when i was up at mighty with somedude. I was the one that almost kicked the ones guys ass for talking shit about Germany and Europe in general right in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![double\_j](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/double_j/32/7380_2.png) [@double\_j](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/double_j)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/10 "2006-10-01T18:54:56Z")
> [@sonikempire](#): > > Correct: Auh-dee (say it fast…) that is more correct than what i said. _ich liebe mein audi_ ---
**Author:** ![buffalove](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buffalove/32/7460_2.png) [@buffalove](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalove)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/11 "2006-10-01T18:55:17Z")
> [@double j](#): > > owdee not awedee. > > [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4707552944795910583&q=audi+commercial](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4707552944795910583&q=audi+commercial) The correct pronounciation is in this video at 2minutes 44 seconds “Die schanze hoch hat es der Audi komplett aus eigenem…” Dee shahnzeh hohh haht es dehr Auh-dee… I hope that helps ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/12 "2006-10-01T19:13:53Z")
> [@HotRodKid](#): > > oow-dee is the proper german pronunciation > > it is NOT pronounced like it is in “auditorium” > [@sonikempire](#): > > The correct pronounciation is in this video at 2minutes 44 seconds thats exactly how i was saying its pronounced, lol ive heard plenty of german immigrants say it, ive heard audi reps say it, and everyone at the dealership knows the proper way to say it too. it wouldnt be good for biz to have had a salesman say the name wrong to a german customer looking to buy one … ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/13 "2006-10-01T19:37:50Z")
The correct pronunciation rhymes with howdy. Ich mochte ein Audi, aber Ich fahre mit eine Volkswagen. Es kostet nicht viel und es ist gut, aber nicht sehr gut wie ein Audi. Man it’s been a while. I was pretty good at German in high school. Got a 100 on the regents, but then used it once in the last 7 years to communicate with an oxygen compressor company in Germany. I crapped out a similar pile of Deutsch expressing my interest in a kompressor. Thank God they replied in English. Anyhow, In the German language, ‘au’ = ‘ow’ As in Blaupunkt (you don’t pronounce it blahpunkt do you?) ---
**Author:** ![buffalove](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buffalove/32/7460_2.png) [@buffalove](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalove)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/14 "2006-10-01T19:41:15Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > The correct pronunciation rhymes with howdy. > > Ich mochte ein Audi, aber Ich fahre mit eine Volkswagen. Es kostet nicht viel und es ist gut, aber nicht sehr gut wie ein Audi. > > Man it’s been a while. I was pretty good at German in high school. Got a 100 on the regents, but then used it once in the last 7 years to communicate with an oxygen compressor company in Germany. I crapped out a similar pile of Deutsch expressing my interest in a kompressor. Thank God they replied in English. > > Anyhow, In the German language, ‘au’ = ‘ow’ As in Blaupunkt (you don’t pronounce it blahpunkt do you?) Not too bad, just a few mistakes… 100’s on regents or tests are not a good way to tell if you are fluent. The ultimate test is to listen to some german music, hip hop for example. If you understand that, then you are good. Im not saying you suck, its just that a lot of people say they know german very fluently, but when i play them a song, they don’t understand a word. ---
**Author:** ![Sc1chik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sc1chik/32/7243_2.png) [@Sc1chik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sc1chik)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/15 "2006-10-01T19:44:32Z")
oww-dee. i said it wrong once or twice and got yelled at by jam and Dex. ---
**Author:** ![buffalove](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buffalove/32/7460_2.png) [@buffalove](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalove)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/16 "2006-10-01T19:45:00Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > The correct pronunciation rhymes with howdy. > Anyhow, In the German language, ‘au’ = ‘ow’ As in Blaupunkt (you don’t pronounce it blahpunkt do you?) Auh differs from Ow (owh). It needs the AUH. If the ow sounds the same as Auh, then its correct. This would be so much easier in person… ---
**Author:** ![buffalove](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buffalove/32/7460_2.png) [@buffalove](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalove)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/17 "2006-10-01T19:47:06Z")
Here is a german hip hop video… [http://youtube.com/watch?v=zXGTRdDjPug](http://youtube.com/watch?v=zXGTRdDjPug) Die Fantastischen Vier- Sie ist Weg translated The fantasic four- She is gone If you understand every word, then you are good at german. To all the Audi, VW, BMW drivers…you got the german car, you got the german license plate, all you need is the german music. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/18 "2006-10-01T20:06:14Z")
> [@sonikempire](#): > > Not too bad, just a few mistakes… > > 100’s on regents or tests are not a good way to tell if you are fluent. The ultimate test is to listen to some german music, hip hop for example. If you understand that, then you are good. Im not saying you suck, its just that a lot of people say they know german very fluently, but when i play them a song, they don’t understand a word. Haha yeah I was by no means fluent, and by now I’ll say I suck :P. Doing well on the regents left me with the feeling that if I got dropped in the middle of Munich I could find my way around, survive. Carrying on a conversation? Only if the other person was fluent in English. 😃 This is tough to do on the internet. If the keyboard had some goofy characters and everybody else knew phonetics it’d be easy. (I’m engaged to a Speech Path grad student that I started dating the middle of her freshman year. I think I know enough of that stuff to qualify for an Associated degree. :P) ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/19 "2006-10-01T20:07:07Z")
> [@sonikempire](#): > > To all the Audi, VW, BMW drivers…you got the german car, you got the german license plate, all you need is the german music. Haha cruising around cranking the 'Hoff! :tup: ---
**Author:** ![double\_j](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/double_j/32/7380_2.png) [@double\_j](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/double_j)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/20 "2006-10-01T20:53:08Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > Anyhow, In the German language, ‘au’ = ‘ow’ As in Blaupunkt (you don’t pronounce it blahpunkt do you?) It’s that damn “au” that gets everyone. When people take a stab at my last name after reading it almost never think it is 2 syllables. On the off chance they do think it is 2, I always get an incorrect “au” sound. When I was student teaching, I introduced myself to classes by telling them that my last name rhymed with “Audi” I had to modify the statement and make sure that I let the students know that I meant the automaker after a group of sixth graders asked if I meant “the belly button.” [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302.md?page=2)