I’m not german (well, almost, the language is similar) but for sure the K is not silent.
The ‘k’ is certainly not silent!
Here’s a video from Knipex’s page of product information videos.
The German presenter pronounces it twice in the first 15 seconds.
Here’s a list of 844 German words beginning with ‘kn.’
I dropped a handful of them into Google Translate. Click the small speaker icon at lower left to hear their pronunciation.
If it’s supposed to be pronounced the German way, the K wouldn’t be silent, and the i would be like clip and tip, it would be pronounced ‘knip ex’
In English i suppose you could say ‘nip ex’.
Very interesting its like in between both of the other videos lol. Cool!
Also the way we say k it isn’t a very pronounced k.
The only German i know is from Rammstein lol
English version is silent K, Zee Germans pronounce the K….
I have learned to pronounce it like you spell it, sounds like Tipp-ex but then just with the “K”
There is definitely an ‘n’ in there right after the “K”
Knipex
That’s the K sorted out but what about the P?
Is it P as in Pea or Peck?
Love these tools, and have several. I always pronounced it nipex, but most of the time pronounce it pliers.
It’s knee with a k and pex
You pronounce it “Pass me the damn Pliers”
Poorly
It’s Cnippex.
ex•pen•sive
Busted! I believe our German friend. After all, these are tools made in Germany.
I've been pronouncing it wrong since the mid 90s when the company I worked for first started selling their tools. It'll always be Nippex to me. :)
kuh-Nee-pex is how the company itself pronounces it. kuh-Nip-ex is the accepted form for foreigners.
They need to produce a flashlight....
Hmm...browsed by their youtube to see what was new besides their Engineer screw pliers ripoff, and listening to this company manager he makes it sound like "keepex"...what the heck.
0:51 to 1:06 he says it twice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfZwJ3_f1WQ
Engineer 8” plier = best plier
They make fantastic nippers and strippers, too. Actually prefer them over many others although the small Knipex flush cutters I have are great. I don't know why Engineer hasn't ever caught on more than it has in the US.