I thought that Dedenne was supposed to be pronounced as De-de-neh, like how you pronounce antennae. Its the Antennae pokemon after all.
Dedenne is a weird one. Its name is clearly based on the Japanese way to pronounce antenne - which more or less sounds like how a German, considering the e turned out NOT to be silent. That is how it looks like:
ANTENNA, lat sin: [ɑnˈtɛnɑː] or [ɑnˈtɛnɑ] in ecc lat
ANTENNAE, lat pl: [ɑnˈtɛnɑj] or [ɑnˈtɛnɛ] in ecc lat
antenna, eng: [ænˈtenə]
Antenne, ger: [anˈtɛnə]
アンテナ, jap: [antena] an - te - na
アンテネ, jap: [antene] an - te - ne
Its name is デデンネ ; it is pronounced [dedene]. Pay attention on how the last e is pronounced. As you can see, there are only two antennae which fit the bill: Ecclesiastical Latin Plural or German Singular. The first one is in because Japanese do not have a way to pronounce ɛ (like f
at), but only for us to rule it out right away because it is plural for no good reason. Which leaves us with German Singular.
Probably, the 'proper' way to pronouce Dedenne is [de'dɛnə], which does not make matters easier. Come on, guys, let's practice the schwa, the half-silent e.