The difference between CH and G may be more pronounced in
the Limburg dialect - when I try to imitate that the CH and G seem to be more
clearly different:
Standard (Northern) Dutch: zich geven
2
My attemtpts at Limburg dialect: zich geven
2
'Zich geven' - 'giving yourself' means something like
'to dedicate yourself to a noble goal'
The 'first series' is grouped by the letter after the CH's, the
'second series' is grouped by the letter before the CH's:
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.Try to bring your pronunciation of the words closer and closer to how I say them. Use as few or as many examples as you like.
intro CH- |
- (de) chaos
('chaos')
- chaotisch
2
('chaotic')
- (de) chemicus
2
('chemist,' scientist working in chemistry)
- (de) chemie
2
('chemistry') ‑>>
- (het) chloor
('chlorine, Cl')
- chroom
('chrome')
- chromatisch
('chromatic') - music
- (het) chromosoom
('chromosome')
French CH: - (de) chantage
2
('blackmail')
- champignons
('"button" mushrooms')
- (de) chef
2
('boss, manager, supervisor')
- chef-kok
2
('chef')
- China
('China' - the country)
- (het) machientje
2
3
4
('small machine, gadget')
- (het) chocolaatje
2
('piece of chocolate
- (de) chocolademelk
2
3
('chocolate milk')
|
CHA |
only with French CH, pronounced like English SH:
- chagerijnig
2
- also said as: - sagerijnig
2
('in a bad mood')
- (de) chantage
2
('blackmail')
- chanteren
2
('to blackmail')
- Richard
2
(a boys' name)
- (de) charme
('charm')
- charmant
('charming')
- Charlot
/
Charlotte
(girls' names)
In the often-used, common word
champignons
('"button" mushrooms')
the NG has disappeared. (With difficulty I say (exaggerated!)
champiGNons
)
- champignons bakken
2
3
('baking, sautéing mushrooms')
- gebakken champignons
2
3
('baked, sautéed mushrooms')
|
CHAA |
- Zacharias
('biblical name')
- Michaël
2
(a boys' name)
- (het) lichaam
('body')
- lichamelijk
/
lichamelijke
2
('bodily, physical')
- lichaamsdelen
('body
parts) ‑>>
- (de) lichaamsbeweging
2
3
(['body movement'] - 'exercise')
- mechanisch
2
('mechanical')
- (de) chaos
('chaos')
- chaotisch
2
('chaotic')
|
CHAU |
only with French CH:
- (de) chauffeur
2
('driver' - car, bus, truck)
- (de) buschauffeur
2
3
('bus driver')
- (de) marechaussee
2
('military police')
- de marechaussee werd ingezet
2
3
4
('the military police was deployed')
|
CHB |
- zich bewegen
2
('to move' - your body)
- zich branden
2
3
('to burn oneself,' to get burned')
- zich bemoeien met
('to meddle with, getting involved with something
where you're not wanted')
- zich beheersen
2
3
('to control yourself, have a grip on your
emotions')
reflexive verbs exmples
|
CHE |
- Doetinchem
(a town)
- zich ergeren
2
('to be annoyed')
‑>>
French CH:
- (het) cachet
2
('~class')
- manchet
('cuff')
- manchetknopen
('cufflinks')
- (de) chef
2
('boss, manager, supervisor')
- chef-kok
2
('chef')
- cheque
('check' - money transfer)
The king-castle move rokeren in chess is
sometimes written as
rocheren but not pronounced with CH,
and its O is variously pronounced 'long' or
'short:' rokeren
/
|
CHEE |
- (de) chemie
2
('chemistry') ‑>>
- (de) chemicus
2
('chemist,' scientist working in chemistry)
- chemisch
/
chemische
2
('chemical')
|
CHEuh |
- (het) lachebekje
2
('a person, usually a girl, with a quick laugh')
- lachen
2
('to laugh') ‑>>
- (de) kachel
('heater, stove')
- Mechelen
(a city in Belgium)
- giechelen
2
('to giggle')
- Walcheren
2
(former island in the province of Zeeland
2
['Sea-land'])
- Lochem
(a town)
- (de) goochelaar
('magician,' performer of magic tricks)
- Barchem
2
(a village)
- kuchen
2
3
('to cough')
- juichen
('to cheer')
German SCH: - M.C. Escher
2
3
4
5
(a graphic artist)
|
CHF |
- Ga toch fietsen!
2
3
4
(['go ride a bike!']
- usually an exclamation of frustration with
someone, like 'I don't believe you, stop bothering me, go take a
hike')
|
CHG |
- (het) lachgas
2
('laughing gas' - nitrous oxide)
- god noch gebod
([recognizing] 'neither god nor commandment'] - 'lawless')
- zich gedragen
2
3
('to behave')
- zich geven
2
('giving yourself' - means something like
'to dedicate yourself to a noble goal' |
CHH |
- zich haasten
('to hurry')
- zich hechten aan
2
('to become emotionally attached to')
- zich herinneren
('to remember') ‑>>
|
CHI |
- Joachim Gijsen
2
(17th Century sailor/pirate)
- Joachim Patinir
2
(painter ~1480-1524)
- Joachim Wtewael
2
3
(painter 1566‑1638)
‑>>
French CH:
- (de) chimpanzee
('chimpanzee')
|
CHIE |
- (de) parochie
2
('parish')
- (de) psychiater (psy-chi-)
('psychiatrist')
- (het) parochieblaadje
2
('parish newsletter')
- Tsjechië
('The Czech Republic')
- (het) archief
('archive')
- Michiel
(a boys' name)
- Annechien
2
/
Lammechien
2
3
(girls' names)
- (de) archipel
2
('archipelago')
- psychisch
2
3
4
('psychological, mental')
French CH: - China
('China' - the country)
- (de) Chinees
2
('Chinese person')
- (de) machine
2
('machine')
- (de) boormachine
('electric drill')
- (de) grasmachine
2
('lawn mower')
- nietmachines
('staplers')
- (de) afwasmachine
2
('dishwasher')
- (het) machientje
2
3
4
('small machine, gadget')
- (de) chirurg
('surgeon')
- (de) kaakchirurg
2
([jaw] 'oral surgeon')
- (de) architect
2
3
('architect')
|
CHJ |
- (het) lachje
2
('small laugh, smile')
- (het) kuchje
2
3
('small cough')
French CH: - (het) sketchje
2
('short comedy piece, skit')
|
CHK |
- kind noch kraai
(saying)
['neither child nor crow'] - 'having neither family ties
nor possessions, very poor'
- Toch konden ze goed samenwerken
('Still - despite something mentioned before -
they were able to work together well')
|
CHL |
- (het) chloor
('chlorine, Cl')
|
CHN |
- (de) technicus
2
3
('technician, engineer')
- technici
2
3
('technicians, engineers')
- technisch inzicht
2
3
4
([technical insight] - a good understanding of technology,
how mechanical things work, how to handle tools)
- Dat kan toch niet!
2
3
y[That cannot be!] How can it be?
It shouldn't be possible!
|
CHO |
- zich omdraaien
2
3
4
('to turn around' - standing up // 'to turn over'
- lying down, like in bed)
- zich omkleden
('to change' - clothes)
- Hou toch op!
2
Now stop that nonsense! Shut up!
I'm sick and tired or your talking
French CH: - (de) capuchon
('hood')
|
CHOO |
- (de) echo
2
3
('echo')
- (de) cholera
2
('cholera')
- melancholiek
2
('melancholic')
- (de) psycholoog
2
('psychologist')
- Tsjechoslowakije
('Czechoslovakia')
- psychosomatisch
2
('psychosomatic')
- zich overgeven
2
('to surrender')
French CH: - (de) chocola
('chocolate')
- (het) chocolaatje
2
('piece of chocolate
- (de) chocolademelk
2
3
('chocolate milk')
- (de) warme chocola
2
3
4
5
('hot chocolate')
|
CHP |
English CH: - (de) luchchpauze
2
('luchch break')
|
CHR |
- chromatisch
('chromatic') - music
- (het) chromosoom
('chromosome')
- chronisch
('chronical')
- 't Is chronisch
2
('It's chronical')
- chroom
('chrome')
- chrysanten
('chrysanthemums')
Most Dutch people say a K for the CH in
Christus
('Christ') and related names and words:
christelijk
("christian")
- Christien
('girls' name')
- Chris
('boys' name')
But a small group of very orthodox protestants
say these words and names with Dutch CH:
christelijk
("christian")
|
CHS |
- zich schamen
2
3
('to be ashamed')
- Baruch Spinoza
2
3
4
('Spinoza')
- Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot
2
3
(painter, ~1585-1666)
|
CHT |
- (de) acht
('8')
- achtentachtig
('88')
- één achtste
2
('⅛')
- (de) achtbaan
('rollercoaster')
- achter
('behind, back,
rear') ‑>>
- (de) achtergrond
2
('background')
- (het) ambacht
('handicraft, trade')
- (de) gedachte
('thought') ‑>>
- verdacht
2
3
('suspect,
suspicious')
- (de/het) jacht
('hunt' // 'yacht')
- (de) klacht
('complaint') ‑>>
- (het) slachtoffer
2
3
('victim')
- (de) macht
('power') ‑>>
- (de) nacht
('night') ‑>>
- prachtig
2 /
prachtig/prachtige
2
('beautiful, great, enjoyable')
- tachtig
('80')
- (de) vacht
2
('fur, pelt, fleece')
- (de) schildwacht
2
3
('sentry')
- (de) lijfwacht
2
('bodyguard')
- de Nachtwacht
2
'the Night Watch' - Rembrandt's famous
painting
‑>> -
2
- zacht
/
zachte
2 /
zacht/zachte
('soft') ‑>>
- echt
2
3 /
echte
2 /
echt/echte
2
('real')
- echter
2
3
('however, nevertheless, but,
yet') ‑>>
- (de) echtgenote
('wife')
- (de) echtgenooot
('husband')
- (het) echtpaar
('married couple')
- (de) hechting
('suture, medical stitch')
- plural: - hechtingen
2
3
- (de) vlecht
2
('braid')
- amechtig
('out of breath')
- (de) knecht
2
('servant')
- (de) specht
2
3
4
('woodpecker' - a bird)
- recht
2
('straight')
- rechts
('right' - not left)
- (de) trechter
2
3
('funnel')
- slechtst
/
slechtste
('worst')
- (het) gevecht
2
3
('fight')
- dicht
/
dichte
('closed') ‑>>
- (de) dichter
2
('poet')
- (de) jicht
2
3
('gout')
- (het) licht
('light') ‑>>
- licht
/ lichte
2
3
('light') ‑>>
- (de) lichting
2
('batch, class, collection')
- (de) nicht
/
- (het) nichtje
('niece'// 'cousin' - femsle)
- spichtig
2
3
('wispy, spidery')
- (het) bericht
('message')
- (de) richting
2
('direction')
- (de) richtlijn
2
3
('directive')
- schichtig
2
3
('skittish, nervous, shy')
- (de) stichting
2
('foundation, corporation' // 'founding, creation, start,
establishment')
- Sticht
(old name for the province of - Utrecht
2
3
4
- (het) gewicht
('weight')
- (het) evenwicht
2
3
('equilibrium, balance')
- (het) zicht
('view' // 'visibility, viz')
- (het) gezicht
2
('face' // 'view')
- (de) biecht
('confession' - catholic)
- (de) smiecht
2
('rogue' - Southern slang)
- Ochten
2
3
(a village)
- (de) ochtend
('morning')
- (de) bocht
2
3
4
('curve' - in road)
- (de) dochter
('daughter')
- (de) achterdocht
2
3
('suspicion, mistrust')
- achterdochtig
2
3
('suspicious, suspecting, mistrusting')
- (het) gedrocht
2
('misshapen animal, monster')
- (de) tocht
('a difficult journey or a military campaign //
a 'draft,' undesirable chilling airflow in a room')
- (het) vocht
2
('liquid, fluid, juice')
- vochtig
2
('damp')
zoeken to search, seek |
- |
zocht searched, sought |
- |
gezocht searched, sought |
2
‑>>
|
- Merchtem
(a town in Belgium)
- (het) voorgeborchte
('limbo') ‑>>
- (de) burcht
2
3
4
('castle, stronghold')
- duchtig
2
('thorough, sound, good')
- (het) gehucht
2
('hamlet')
- (de) lucht
2
('air' // 'sky')
- nuchter
2
3
('rational, not emotional' // 'fasting,' empty stomach)
- berucht
2
3
('infamous')
- (het) gerucht
2
('rumor')
- (de) vrucht
/
vruchten
2
('fruit' / 'fruits')
‑>>
- (de) zucht
2
3
4
5
('sigh')
|
CHU |
- ((de) Christelijk-Historische Unie
- CHU
2
('a former party of protestants))
|
CHUI |
- zich uiten
2
3
('to express
yourself, to speak up')
- zich uitspreken
2
3
('to speak out, stating an opinion')
- zich uitstrekken over
2
3
('to span, extend over')
|
CHV |
- (de) pechvogel
2
([bad-luck bird] 'a person who has much bad luck')
- vis noch vlees
2
(saying)
(['neither fish or meat'] - English says 'fish nor fowl' - 'difficult to
identify')
- zich vervelen
2
('to be bored')
‑>>
- zich voelen
('~to feel')
‑>>
|
CHW |
- zich wassen
2
('to wash yourself,
wash up')
|
CHZ |
- zichzelf
2
('yourself, oneself')
‑>>
- zich zorgen maken
2
('to worry') ‑>>
|
intro -CH |
- ach!
(exclamation)
- (de) pech
2
3
('bad
luck') ‑>>
- zich
('yourself,
oneself')
‑>>
- och!
('exclamation')
- toch
2
('still, yet, nevertheless' //
'anyway') ‑>>
- (de) kuch
2
('cough')
|
ACH |
- ach
(exlamation of pity or bad luck)
- (de) acht
('8')
- achtentachtig
('88')
- (het) ambacht
('handicraft, trade')
- (de) aandacht
2
('attention')
- hachelen
('to eat' greedily - old-fashioned slang)
- (de) lach
('laugh') ‑>>
- (de) glimlach
2
3
('smile')
- (het) lachje
2
("small laugh")
- (de) aanklacht
2
3
4
('indictment,' official complaint or accusation)
- (de) macht
('power') ‑>>
- Machteld
(a girls' name)
- (de) nacht
('night') ‑>>
- 's nachts
2
3
('at night')
- krampachtig
2
('forced, frantic,' "not flowing")
- (de) gracht
('city canal') - plural:
- grachten
2
3
('canals')
- (de) vracht
2
3
('cargo,' "load")
- Drachten
(a town)
- (de) vacht
2
('fur, pelt, fleece')
- [(de)] wacht
('guard' // 'wait!')
- Zacharias
('biblical name')
- zacht
/
zachte
2 /
zacht/zachte
('soft') ‑>>
|
ECH |
- (de) echo
2
3
('echo')
- echt
2
3 /
echte
2 /
echt/echte
2
('real')
- echter
2
3
('however, nevertheless, but,
yet') ‑>>
- slecht
/
slechte
2 /
slecht/slechte
2
('bad') ‑>>
- Mechelen
(a city in Belgium)
- (de) knecht
2
('servant')
- (de) pech
2
('bad
luck') ‑>>
- (de) pechvogel
2
([bad-luck bird] 'a person who has much bad luck')
- recht
2
('straight')
- rechts
('right' - not left) - (de) technicus
2
3
('technician, engineer')
- technici
2
3
('technicians, engineers')
- (het) gevecht
2
3
('fight')
- vechten
2
('to fight') ‑>>
French CH: - (de) crèche
('children's daycare center')
|
EuhCH |
- Annechien
2
/
Lammechien
2
3
(girls' names)
|
ICH |
- dicht
/
dichte
('closed') ‑>>
- (de) dichter
2
('poet')
- (het) dichtertje
('little poet')
- (de) jicht
2
3
('gout')
- (het) lichaam
('body')
- lichamelijk
/
lichamelijke
2
('bodily, physical')
- (het) licht
('light') ‑>>
- licht
/ lichte
2
3
('light') ‑>>
- (de) nicht
/
(het) nichtje
('niece'// 'cousin' - female)
- spichtig
2
3
('wispy, spidery')
- (het) bericht
('message')
- (de) richting
2
('direction')
- (de) richtlijn
2
3
('directive')
- schichtig
2
3
('skittish, nervous, shy')
- (de) stichting
2
('foundation, corporation' // 'founding, start,
creation, establishment')
- Sticht
(old name for the province of
- Utrecht
2
3
4
- (de) wichelroede
('divining rod')
- (het) gewicht
('weight')
- (het) evenwicht
2
3
('equilibrium, balance')
- zich
('yourself,
oneself') ‑>>
- (het) zicht
('view' // 'visibility, viz')
- (het) gezicht
2
('face' // 'view')
- (het) inzicht
('insight, undeerstanding')
|
IECH |
- (de) biecht
('confession' - catholic)
- (de) biechtvader
2
('father confessor'- catholic)
- giechelen
2
('to giggle')
- (de) smiecht
2
('rogue' - Southern slang)
Hear also - YCH below
|
IJCH |
The IJ of the town of
Wijchen
2
is pronounced as EE, Dutch
'long I, IE'
|
KCH |
French CH: - (de) kaakchirurg
2
([jaw] 'oral surgeon')
|
LCH |
- Walcheren
2
(former island in the province of
Zeeland
2
['Sea-land']) ‑>>
|
NCH |
- melancholiek
2
('melancholic')
- Doetinchem
(a town)
|
OCH |
- och!
('exclamation')
- Ochten
2
3
(a village)
- (de) bocht
2
3
4
('curve' in road)
- (de) dochter
('daughter')
- (de) achterdocht
2
3
('suspicion, mistrust')
- (het) joch
('an unpleasant boy')
- Jochem
(a boys' name)
- Lochem
(a town)
- noch
('nor' - old-fashioned)
- (de) pocher
2
('boastful person')
- (de) parochie
2
('parish')
- (het) wangedrocht
2
('misshapen, disgusting monster')
- 's ochtends
2
3
('in the morning')
- toch
2
('still, yet, nevertheless' //
'anyway') ‑>>
- (de) tocht
('a difficult journey or a military campaign' //
a 'draft,' undesirable chilling airflow in a room')
- (het) vocht
2
('liquid, fluid, juice')
Hou toch op!
2
'Now stop that nonsense! Shut up!
I'm sick and tired or your talking'
|
OOCH |
- (de) goochelaar
('magician,' performer of magic tricks)
- goochem
('clever, sensible' - slang)
- wij loochenen
2
('we deny the truth of, we disclaim')
|
OUCH |
Frech CH, French OU: - (de) douche
('shower')
- ik douche
2
('I'm showering')
|
PCH |
French CH: - een reep chocola
2
('a bar of chocolate')
|
RCH |
- Barchem
2
(a village)
- Merchtem
(a town in Belgium)
- (het) archief
('archive')
- (de) archipel
2
('archipelago')
- (het) voorgeborchte
('limbo') ‑>>
- (de) burcht
2
3
4
('castle, stronghold')
French CH: - (de) architect
2
3
('architect')
|
SCH |
- 't Is chronisch
2
('It's chronical')
The CH in SCHR is pronounced as H, 'an aspiration,' breathing
out, for instance: - schrijven
2
3
('to write'
‑>>)
more about SCHR
from the SCH page:
- (het) schap
('shelf' - in a shop)
- (het) schaap
('sheep' - 1)
- (de) schep
('shovel, spade // scoop')
- (het) scheepje
('small ship')
- (het) schip
('ship')
- schier
2
3
4
5
('almost' - old-fashioned)
- (de) schop
('shovel, spade // a kick')
- (de) school
('school')
- (de) schurk
2
3
('rogue')
- (de) schuur
2
('large shed,' like on a farm)
- (de) schout
2
('Medieval city official: judge & police chief)
- scheiding
('separation, divorce')
- (de) scheur
('a tear, a rip')
- (de) schoen
('shoe')
- schuin
2
('diagonally, slanted')
|
TCH |
- Potchefstroom
(a town in South Africax)
- het chemisch jaarboekje
2
('chemical almanac')
French CH: - (het) sketchje
2
('short comedy piece, skit')
|
UCH |
- duchtig
2
('thorough, sound, good')
- (de) hucht
2
3
('hill' -or- 'slope, incline' - dialect)
- (het) gehucht
2
('hamlet')
- (de) kuch
2
('cough')
- (het) kuchje
2
3
('small cough')
- (de) lucht
2
('air' // 'sky')
- vlucht
('flight' // 'escape')
- vluchten
('to flee // to escape')
- (de) vluchteling
2
('refugee')
- nuchter
2
3
('rational, not emotional' // 'fasting,' empty stomach)
- berucht
2
3
('infamous')
- (het) gerucht
2
('rumor')
- (de) vrucht
/
vruchten
2
('fruit' / 'fruits')
‑>>
- (de) zucht
2
3
4
5
('sigh')
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UICH |
- (de) huichelaar
2
3
('hypocrite')
- juichen
('to cheer')
all-French: - (de) quiche
quiche
|
YCH |
- (de) psychiater (psy-chi-)
('psychiatrist')
- psychisch
2
3
4
('psychological, mental')
- (de) psycholoog
2
('psychologist')
- Wychert
2
(a boys' name)
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