A very common question is “How do you pronounce Löwchen?”
Depending on who you ask, you will get a different answer. No matter how you say it, someone will pop out of the woodwork and correct you. And sometimes there will be two people who will insist that they truly know how to pronounce Löwchen, and they will get into a fight with each other over it.
Even these two websites differ in how it is pronounced
https://www.howtopronounce.com/german/l%C3%B6wchen
vs.
https://forvo.com/word/l%C3%B6wchen
Follows are some of the ways that I’ve heard Löwchen pronounced.
•Lerv-chun
•Lo-chin
•Loation
•Lotion
•Lou-chen
•Lurve-hen
It should be mentioned that the breed also has different or multiple names across different countries or kennel clubs.
Lowchen – United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Australia, and New Zealand
Little Lion Dog – Belgium, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, United Kingdom, Lithuania
Leeuwhondje – Belgium
Petit Chien Lion – France, Poland
Lwi Piesek – Poland
Piccolo Cane Leone – Italy