How To Pronounce Stockholm

In British English, Stockholm is pronounced /ˈstɒk.həʊm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈstʷɒk.həʊ̃m]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈstɑːk.hoʊm/.

Stockholm has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.