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Danish
Etymology
efter (“after”) + lyd (“sound”)
Noun
efterlyd
- (linguistics) auslaut
1860, Carl Berg, K. J. Lyngby, Vilhelm Ludvig Peter Thomsen, Karl Hude, Nordisk tidsskrift for filologi ..., page 131:Der er tyskere, der udtaler r som i dansk, enten blot i efterlyd, eller allevegne.- There are Germans that pronounce r as in Danish, either only in auslaut, or everywhere.
1968, Turistforeningen for Danmark, Årbog:gj udtales som g i engelsk George og forekommer ligesom kj både i forlyd og efterlyd, f. eks. gjorra = gøre, lægja = lægge, rygj = ryg- gj is pronounced as g in English George and, like kj, occurs both in anlaut and auslaut, e.g. gjorra = do, lægja = lay, rygj = back
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