Franz Betz is a proper noun that refers to a German engineer and hydraulic engineer who lived in the 19th century. In phonetic transcription, the name is spelled /frænts bɛts/. The first syllable is pronounced as /frænts/, with the 'a' sound pronounced as in the word 'cat', and the 't' in 'nts' pronounced as a glottal stop. The second syllable, 'Betz', is pronounced as /bɛts/, with the 'e' sounding like the 'e' in 'bet' and the 't' being pronounced at the end.