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Adjectives in most
positions get an -E ending
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Several words appear twice on the page. I do not have an
infinite number of recordings, and some combinations of letters are
rarely or never found in Dutch.
'Long' and 'short' are traditional terms. The difference is actually
more of tone than length
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Learn the Rules by Studying and Listening to Examples
Major Exceptions to the Phonetic Spelling of Dutch
- Page 1:
een
-IG
-ISCH
-LIJK
- Page 2:
-B
-D
SCHR
-TIE
UW
WR
Hear the Dutch Letters in Hundreds of Words:
AU/OU
CH
E
EI/IJ
EU
F
G
H
L
OE
SCH
U
UI
W
X
Y
'Master Lists' of Dutch words:
Dutch to English
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- (het) abonnement
2
3
('subscription')
- (de) abortus
2
('abortion')
- (de) academicus
2
('person with a university degree')
- (de) academici
2
('people with a university degree')
- (de/het) aceton
2
3
('acetone')
- acuut
('acute')
- (de) adoptie
('adoption')
- Agaath
2
(a girls' name)
- (de) agenda
2
3
('diary' - appointments book // 'agenda' - points at a meeting)
- (de) agent
2
('police officer' // "officer" // 'agent')
- aju
('goodbye, see you' - slang)
- (de) akoestische bas
('acoustic bass')
- (de) akoestische gitaar
2
('acoustic guitar')
- alert
2
3
('alert, vigilant')
- Aletta
(a girls' name)
- (de) alinea
2
('paragraph')
- (het) aluminium
('aluminum')
- amandelen
('almonds' // 'tonsils')
- (de) amateur
2
('amateur')
- Amerika
('America')
- (de) Amerikaan
2
('American')
- Amerikanen
2
3
('Americans')
- (het) amusement
2
('amusement, entertainment
- analoog
2
('analog')
- analyseren
2
3
('to analyse')
- (de) ananas
('pineapple')
- (de) anatomie
('anatomy')
- apart
2
3
('apart, separate' // 'peculiar')
- (het) apartement
2
('appartment')
- (de) apartheid
2
("apartheid," the former South-African racist
segragation system)
- (het) aperitief
/
- (het) aperitiefje
(a drink before a meal)
- (de) apostrof
('apostrophe')
- (de) apotheek
2
('pharmacy')
- (de) apotheker
2
3
('pharmacist')
- (de) Arabier
('an Arab')
- Arabieren
2
('Arabs')
- (het) atoom
('atom')
- Axel ("Aksel")
(a town)
- (het) avontuur
2
('adventure')
- (de) azijn
('vinegar')
- (de) bagage (French)
2
('luggage')
- (de) balans
2
('equilibrium' // 'scale' // 'balance')
- (de) banaan
2
('banaan') - plural - bananen
('bananas')
- (de) Barok
('Baroque')
- (de) barometer
2
('barometer')
- Batavieren
('Batavians')
- (de) batik
('batik')
- (de) baviaan
2
('baboon')
- (de) cacao
('cocoa')
- (het) cachet (French)
2
('~class')
- (het) cadeau (French)
('gift, present')
- (de) cadet
2
3
('cadet, military trainee')
- (het) café
2
('café')
- (de) cafeine
2
('cafeine')
- Californië
2
('California')
- (de) calorie
('calorie')
- calorieën
2
('calories')
- (de) catalogus
2
3
('catalogue')
- chagerijnig
2
(3
4)
('grumpy, in a bad mood')
- (de) fabriek (fa-briek)
2
('factory, plant')
- (de) familie
('family, relatives')
- fataal
2
3
4
('fatal, deadly')
- [(de)] favoriet
('favorite')
- (de) fazant
('pheasant')
- (de) galerij
2
3
('gallery')
- (de) garage (~French)
('garage' car parking // car repair shop)
- (de) garantie
('warranty, guarantee')
- (de) gazelle
2
('gazelle' - also a Dutch bicycle brand)
- Jacoba
(a girls' name)
- Jacobus
2
(a boys' name)
- jaloers
2
('jealous')
- januari
('January')
- Japan
('Japan')
- (het) kabaal
2
('noise')
(de) kabeljauw
2
('cod')
- (het) kabinet
2
(the council of government ministers)
- (de) kabouter
2
3
4
('gnome')
- (het) kadaver
2
3
('cadaver' - usually: 'dead animal body')
- (het) kadetje
2
3
(oblong white bread roll, like a hot dog bun)
- (het) kadootje
('small present')
- (de) kalender
2
('calendar')
- (de) kameel
2
('camel')
- (het) kanaal
('channel, canal')
- (de) kanarie
2
('canary')
- (de/het) kaneel
('cinnamon')
- (het) kanon
('cannon, big gun')
- (de) kapel
('chapel')
- (de) kapelaan
2
('chaplain')
- (de) kapitein
2
3
('captain')
- kapot
('broken, defective)
- kapucijners
(a kind of bean)
- (het) karakter
2
3
('character')
- (de) katalysator
2
('catalyst')
- (de) katapult
2
('catapult')
- (de) katastrofe ('French O')
2
('catastrophe')
- (de) kazerne
2
('military barracks')
- (het) katoen
('cotton')
- (de) kwaliteit
2
('quality')
- (het) lawaai
2
('noise')
- (de) majoor
2
('major')
- (de) manier
2
('manner, way of doing')
- manoeuvre
2
('maneuver, strategic move')
- manoeuvreren
2
('to maneuver')
- (de) marathon
2
('marathon')
- (de) marechaussee
2
('Dutch military police')
- (de) marine
'navy')
- (de) mariniers
2
('marines')
- (het) materiaal
2
('material')
- (de) materie
2
('matter')
- maximaal
2
('at most, maximum')
- (het) maximum
2
('maximum')
- (de) mayonaise (French)
2
('mayo, mayonaise')
- (de) natuur
2
('nature')
- natuurlijk
('of course!')
- natuurlijk
/
natuurlijke
2
('natural')
- (het) paleis
2
('palace')
- (het) paneel
2
('panel, pane')
- (het) paneermeel
('breadcrumbs')
- (de) paniek
('paniek')
- (de) papagaai
2
3
('parrot')
- (het) papier
2
('paper' - material)
- (de) parade
2
('parade')
- (de) paragraaf
2
('paragraph')
- (de) paraplu
('umbrella')
- (de) parochie
2
('parish')
- (de) patiënt
2
3
('patient' - doctors' customer)
- (de) rabarber
('rhubarb')
- radicaal
2
3
('radical')
- radijsjes
('radishes')
- (de) raket
('rocket')
- (de) sabotage
2
3
('sabotage')
- (de) salade
('salade')
- (de) salamander
('salamander')
- (het) salaris
('salary')
- (de) saxofoon
2
('saxophone')
- (de) tabak
2
3
('tobacco')
- (de) tabel
2
('table of figures')
- tabellen
2
('tables of figures')
- tabé
('Bye' - slang)
- (het) talent
2
3
('talent' - gift, ability)
- (het) tapijt
('carpet, tapestry')
- (de) taxi
2
3
('taxi')
- (de) vakantie
2
('vacation, holiday')
Major Exceptions to Phonetic Spelling - 2
Introducing the Sound 1 | |
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'short A' - Ab (a boys' name) - (het) accent 2 3 ('accent') - (de) accu ('car battery') - ach 2 3 ('an exclamation') - acht 2 ('8') - (de) adder ('adder' - a snake) - af ('off' // 'away from' // 'finished' // more) - Agnes (a girls' name) - aju ('goodbye, see you' - slang) - (de) akker ('agriculture field') - al 2 ('already') - alle ('all, every') - (de) ambassade 2 3 ('embassy') - An (a girls' name) - (het) apparaat ('device, small machine') - Ard 2 (a boys' name) - (de) as 2 ('ashes') - at 2 ('ate' - singular simple past tense) | |
'long A' - Abel (a boys' name) - Aad (a boys' name) - (de) adel ('the nobility') - (de) ader 2 ('vein,' blood vessel) - Aafke (a girls' name) - Aagje (a girls' name) - (de) aai 2 ('') - (aaien ('') - Ajax 2 3 4 (Amsterdam soccer team // Greek mythological figure) - (de) aal ('eel' - a snakelike fish) - (het) aambeeld ('anvil') - aan ('on' // 'at'// more) - (de) aap 2 3 4 ('monkey') - (het) aquarel 2 3 ('watercolor painting') - (de) aard 2 3 ('nature,) character' - also a boys' name) - Aarts 2 (a family name) - (de/het) aas ('ace' // 'carrion') - Ate 2 3 (a boys' name) - Atrecht (A-trecht) (Arras, a town in the North of France) |
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Introducing the Sounds 2 | |
---|---|
- A ('A') |
The 'first series' is grouped by the letter before the 's, the 'second series' is grouped by the letter after the 's:
- short first series: A-Z
- short second series: B-W
- long first series: A-Z
- long second series: -Z
the: de
2 /
het
2
3
- 't
->>
Plurals always take 'de'
a: (een) - 'n
/ one: één
2
3
Repeat the words after me, try saying them like I do, and record yourself or ask a friend to compare how you say them with how I say them. Use as few or as many examples as you like.
0 | - (de) ('') |
AAU | |
AB | Ab Abcoude abdij |
AC | |
AD | |
AE | |
AEE | |
AEuh | |
AEI | |
AEU | |
AF | |
AG | |
AH | |
AI | |
AIE | |
AIJ | IJ SEE - EI above |
AJ | |
AK | |
AL | |
AM | |
AN | |
AO | |
AOO | |
AOE | |
AOU | OU see - AU above |
AP | |
AQ | |
AR | |
AS | |
AT | |
AU | |
AUU | |
AUI | |
AV | |
AW | |
AX | |
AY | |
AZ |
0 | - (de) ('') |
AA | |
AAA | |
AUA | |
BA | |
CA | |
DA | |
EA | |
EEA | |
EuhA | |
EIA | |
EUA | |
FA | |
GA | |
HA | |
IA | |
IEA | |
IJA | IJ SEE - EI above |
JA | |
KA | |
LA | |
MA | |
NA | |
OA | |
OOA | |
OEA | |
OUA | OU see - AU above |
PA | |
QA | |
RA |
Vowels and diphthongs are 'longer' when followed by R |
SA | |
TA | |
UA | |
UUA | |
UIA | |
VA | |
WA | |
XA | |
YA | |
ZA |
Major Exceptions to the Phonetic Spelling of Dutch:
- Page 1:
een
-IG
-ISCH
-LIJK
- Page 2:
-B
-D
SCHR
-TIE
UW
WR
Hear the Dutch Letters in Hundreds of Words:
AU/OU
CH
E
EI/IJ
EU
F
G
H
L
OE
SCH
U
UI
W
X
Y
'Master Lists' of Dutch words: Dutch to English - English to Dutch
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