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Freud Pronunciation

Freud is pronounced FROYD, IPA /ˈfrɔɪd/.

FROYD

US /ˈfrɔɪd/

Syllables: FROYD (1 syllable)

proper noun (surname): The surname of Sigmund Freud, the Austrian founder of psychoanalysis, and of his descendants.

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Freud in a Sentence

  • Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams in 1899.
  • Her thesis compares Freud with later analysts.
  • The painter Lucian Freud was his grandson.

Common Mispronunciations of Freud

Not FROOD

German eu is the oy of toy, so the name rhymes with avoid rather than with mood.

Not FRAWD

This collapses the name into the English word fraud. Keep the two-part oy glide clearly separate from the flat aw.

Tip: One syllable: FROYD, rhyming with Lloyd.

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