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Adjectives in most positions get an -E  ending ‑>>
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.

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
Major Exceptions to the Phonetic Spelling of Dutch:
- Page 1:   een   -IG   -ISCH   -LIJK  
- Page 2:   -B   -D   SCHR   -TIE   UW   WR

the: de 2 / het 2 3 - 't ->>
Plurals always take 'de'
a: (een) - 'n / one: één 2 3

EU in Dutch

(de) eu
in geuren en kleuren 2 (3) (['with smells and colors'] - 'a lively, extensive description')
tegen heug en meug ('under protest' - being forced to do something, like having to eat something you really don't like)
- (de) speurneus 2 3 ('[~search-nose] sleuth, investigating person')
- (de) neusbreuk 2 3 ('nose crack,' 'broken nose' - a made-up word - Dutchmen can do that)
Ik ben 't beu I'm sick of it, I'm tired of it, I've had enough, I can't stand it anymore
Wat sneu! 2 Such a pity! (I'm sorry it ended that way)
English does not have a sound like Dutch EU, but French has a sound like Dutch EU in words like deux (French: '2') and German has a sound like it in some words with Ö or OE like Gödel (a mathematician) - schön 2 3 (German: 'beautiful, good') and Goethe

If there is no sound like Dutch EU in your native language, you might be interested in my Psychology of Language

The 'first series' is grouped by the letter before the EU's, the 'second series' is grouped by the letter after the EU's:

- first series: EU to ZEU - second series: -EU to EUZ

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.

0EU	- (de) euro 2 ('euro') - Europa ('Europe')
BEU	- (de) beugel 2 ('brace') - beuk ('beech (a tree)') - beuken ('beeches' - trees // 'to batter, pound') - (de) beul ('hangman, executioner') - (de) beunhaas 2 3 4 ('unlicensed worker') - gebeuren ('to happen' ‑>>) - (de) beurs ('purse' - old-fashioned) // 'scholarship' // 'exchange, market') - (de) beurt ('turn - oportunity, obligation' - in a game, in a queue) - (de) gebeurtenis ('event, happening') - Beumer 2 3 ('a family name')
DEU	- (de) deugd 2 3 ('virtue,' 'good' behavior) - ondeugend 2 3 4 ('naughty, misbehaving' - children) - (de) deuk 2 ('dent') - (het) deukje 2 ('small dent') - (het) deuntje ('a ditty,' [little tune]) - deur 2 ('door') - deuvels ('dowels' - carpentry) - Deurne (a village)
EEU	- (de) spreeuw 2 ('starling' - a bird) see EEUW in U for more
FEU	- (de) chauffeur 2 ('driver' - car, truck, bus - French AU) - (de) buschauffeur 2 3 ('bus driver') - (de) feut ('new college student to be hazed' - slang)
GEU	- (de) geur 2 3 4 ('smell, odor') - geurig 2 ('having a noticeable nice smell') - (het) geurtje 2 3 ([little] 'smell, scent,' usually of perfume or cologne) - geul ('ditch, channel') - (de) geus ('Dutch 16th Century rebel against Spanish rule) - geuzen 2 (Dutch 'minutemen, revolutionaries') - Geurt (a boys' name) - De Geus 2 3 (a family name)
HEU	- (het) geheugen 2 3 ('memory' - the brain faculty) - (de) heup ('hip') - heus ('really' - children's talk) - (de) heuvel / heuvels 2 ('hill/hills') - Verheul 2 3 (a family name) - Opheusden (a village) - Van Heusden 2 (a family name)
IEU	- modieus ('fashionable') - mysterieus 2 3 ('mysterious, enigmatic') - IEU under U has more
JEU	The I in the word from French - (het) milieu 2 ('the Environment') is pronounced as Dutch J. - (de) jeugd 2 ('youth') - (de) jeuk ('an itch') - jeuken 2 ('to itch') - (de) mitrailleur 2 ('machine gun' - French LL sounds like Dutch J) - majeur  (French J) 2 3 (4) ('major' - music) - (het) Tjeukemeer (a lake)
KEU	- (de) keuken 2 ('kitchen') - (de) keur ('~choice') - (de) likeur 2 ('sweet liquor') - keurig ('neat, tidy, proper, nice') - nauwkeurig ('precise') - (de) keuring 2 ('inspection, testing') - (de) bekeuring 2 ('fine, ticket') - (de) keus / (de) keuze ('choice') - Keulen ('Köln, Cologne')
LEU	- sleuf ('a dry ditch') - (de) vleugel ('wing' // 'grand piano') - (het) vleugje 2 ('whiff' - of perfume, for instance) - (de) leugen ('a lie') - leugens 2 ('lies') - leuk 2 3 4 5 / leuke / leuk/leuke 2 3 ('enjoyable, nice, pleasant, entertaining' // 'funny, amusing' // 'pretty, attractive') - (de) souffleur ('stage whisperer' - French OU) - (de) kleun ('a punch, a hit') - (de) kleur 2 / kleuren ('color'/'colors') ‑>> - kleurloos 2 ('colorless, pale, drab, bland') - (de) sleur 2 3 ('rut' - boring, bad routine) - teleurgesteld 2 3 ('disappointed') - teleurstellend ('disappointing') - (de) teleurstelling 2 ('disapppointment') - (de) sleutel ('key' - lock/wrench/music - 'clef') - sleutels ('keys') - (de) kleuter ('a small child' - 4-6 yrs) - (de) leuze ('slogan') - Etten-Leur ('a village')
MEU	- meubels ('furniture') - smeuïg 2 (appetizing food or a story that goes down easily) - smeulen 2 ('to smolder' - fire) - (het) humeur 2 3 ('mood') - (de) programmeur 2 ('programmer') - Meulebeke (a town in Belgium)
NEU	- sneu 2 3 ('a pity') - mineur ('minor' - music) - neuriën 2 3 ('to hum') - neus ('nose') - gekneusd 2 3 ('bruised') - (de) neut ('glass of liquor' - slang) - neutraal 2 ('neutral') - (de) kneuterigheid ('small-mindedness') - neuzen 2 ('noses') - Terneuzen (a village)
PEU	- peul 2 ('a pod' - peas, beans) - (de) peulvrucht 2 3 ('[pod- fruit] - 'legume, ~bean') - (het) gepeupel 2 ('rabble, mob, riff-raff') - (de) peut ('gasoline, gas' - slang) - (de) peuter 2 ('a small child' - 2-3 yrs)
REU	- (de) vreugde ('joy') - breuk 2 ('crack, breach; fraction') - onkreukbaar 2 ('incorruptible, cannot be bribed') - kreukels 2 ('creases' in fabric) - (de) spreuk ('a saying, stock expression') - (het) reuma 3 4 ('~arthritis') - (de) dreumes ('a small child' - affectionately) - (de) dreun ('a thud, a whack') - kreunen ('to moan, to groan') - kreupel 2 ('crippled, lame') - (de) coureur ('racer' - car, motorcycle - French OU) - betreuren 2 ('to regret, lament') - treurig / treurige ) ('sad, melancholy, tragic, unfortunate') - (de) treurnis ('sorrow, sadness, melancholy - deplorable, depressing circumstances) - preuts ('prudish') - (de) reus / reuzen ('giant/giants') - reuze! ('great!') - (de) reuzel ('lard, pork fat') - reuzen ('giants') - Breukelen 2 (a town - became 'Brooklyn' in America) - Kreuk 2 (a family name)
SEU	- (de) regisseur 2 3 ('director' - movie, stage play)
SCHEU	- (de) scheur ('a tear, a rip') - gescheurd ('torn, ripped') - scheuren 2 ('to tear, rip') - (de) scheut 2 ('shoot, sprout' - new growth on plant or tree // 'jab' - of pain // 'dash, splash' - of liquid)
TEU	- (de) teugel 2 / teugels ('rein'/'reins' - horse mangagement) - (de) steun ('support') - (de) amateur 2 ('amateur,' not a professional) - (de) formateur 2 / (de) informateur 2 (politician involved in cabinet formation) - (de) acteur 2 ('actor') - (de) directeur 2 ('manager, director') - (de) conducteur ('conductor' - train, tram) - (de) monteur 2 ('mechanic') - Teun 2 (boys' name) - Teunis (boys' name)
UEU	- majestueus 2 ('majestic')
VEU	- veulen ('a foal, young horse') - nerveus 2 ('nervous') - Veurne (a city in Belgium)
ZEU	- (de) zeug ('sow' - lady pig) - zeulen ('to carry with difficulty or displeasure') - (de) adviseur 2 ('advisor' - S pronounced as Z) - zeuren 2 3 ('to nag') - (de) zeurpiet ( a person who nags a lot, complains about everything) - zeuven ('7' - old-fashioned)

EU0	- (het) milieu 2 ('the Environment' - this French I is pronounced as Dutch J) - sneu 2 3 ('a pity') - André Rieu (a musician and music director)
EUB	- meubels ('furniture')
EUF	- sleuf ('a dry ditch')
EUG	- (de) zeug ('sow' - lady pig) - (de) deugd 2 3 ('virtue,' 'good' behavior) - ondeugend 2 3 4 ('naughty, misbehaving' - children) - (de) jeugd 2 ('youth') - (de) vreugde ('joy') - (de) beugel 2 ('brace') - (de) vleugel ('wing' // 'grand piano') - (de) teugel 2 / teugels ('rein'/'reins' - horse mangagement) - (het) vleugje 2 ('whiff' - of perfume, for instance) - (de) leugen ('a lie') - leugens 2 ('lies') - (het) geheugen 2 3 ('memory' - the brain faculty) Tegen heug en meug (saying - 'Doing something under strong protest, like having to eat something you really don't like')
EUI	- smeuïg 2 (appetizing food or a story that goes down easily)
EUK	- beuk ('beech (a tree)') - beuken ('beeches' - trees // 'to batter, pound') - (de) deuk 2 ('dent') - (het) deukje 2 ('small dent') - (de) jeuk ('an itch') - jeuken 2 ('to itch') - (de) keuken 2 ('kitchen') - leuk 2 3 4 5 / leuke / leuk/leuke 2 3 ('enjoyable, nice, pleasant, entertaining' // 'funny, amusing' // 'pretty, attractive') - breuk 2 ('crack, breach; fraction') - onkreukbaar 2 ('incorruptible, cannot be bribed') - kreukels 2 ('creases' in fabric) - (de) spreuk ('a saying, stock expression') - (het) Tjeukemeer (a lake) - Breukelen 2 (a town - became 'Brooklyn' in America) - Kreuk 2 (a family name)
EUL	- (de) beul ('hangman, executioner') - geul ('ditch, channel') - smeulen 2 ('to smolder, burn slowly' - fire) - peul 2 ('a pod' - peas, beans) - (de) peulvrucht 2 3 ('[pod- fruit] - 'legume, ~bean') - veulen ('a foal, young horse') - zeulen ('to carry with difficulty or displeasure') - Verheul 2 3 (a family name) - Keulen ('Köln, Cologne') - Meulebeke (a town in Belgium)
EUM	- (het) reuma 3 4 ('~arthritis') - (de) dreumes ('a small child' - affectionately) - Beumer 2 3 ('a family name')
EUN	- (de) kleun ('a punch, a hit') - (de) steun ('support') - (de) beunhaas 2 3 4 ('unlicensed worker') - (het) deuntje ('a ditty,' [little tune]) - (de) dreun ('a thud, a whack') - kreunen ('to moan, to groan') - Teun 2 (boys' name) - Teunis (boys' name)
EUP	- (de) heup ('hip') - (het) gepeupel 2 ('rabble, mob, riff-raff') - kreupel 2 ('crippled, lame')
EUR	- deur 2 ('door') - (de) chauffeur 2 ('driver' - car, truck, bus - French AU) - (de) buschauffeur 2 3 ('bus driver') - (de) geur 2 3 4 ('smell, odor') - (de) keur ('~choice') - (de) likeur 2 ('sweet liquor') - (de) souffleur ('stage whisperer' - French OU) - (de) kleur 2 ('color') ‑>> - (de) souffleur ('stage whisperer' - French OU) - (de) mitrailleur 2 ('machine gun' - French LL sounds like Dutch J) - majeur  (French J) 2 3 (4) ('major' - music) - (de) sleur 2 3 ('rut' - boring, bad routine) - (het) humeur 2 3 ('mood') - (de) programmeur 2 ('programmer') - mineur ('minor' - music) - (de) coureur ('racer' - car, motorcycle - French OU) - (de) regisseur 2 3 ('director' - movie, stage play) - (de) scheur ('a tear, a rip') - (de) amateur 2 ('amateur,' not a professional) - (de) formateur 2 / (de) informateur 2 (politician involved in cabinet formation) - (de) acteur 2 ('actor') - (de) directeur 2 ('manager, director') - (de) conducteur ('conductor' - train, tram) - (de) monteur 2 ('mechanic') - (de) adviseur 2 ('advisor' - S pronounced as Z) - gescheurd ('torn, ripped') - gebeuren ('to happen' ‑>>) - betreuren 2 ('to regret, lament') - kleuren ('colors') - scheuren 2 ('to tear, rip') - zeuren 2 3 ('to nag') - teleurgesteld 2 3 ('disappointed') - geurig 2 ('having a noticeable nice smell') - keurig ('neat, tidy, proper, nice') - nauwkeurig ('precise') - (de) keuring 2 ('inspection, testing') - (de) bekeuring 2 ('fine, ticket') - treurig / treurige ) ('sad, melancholy, tragic, unfortunate') - neuriën 2 3 ('to hum') - (de) zeurkous ('an annoying talker') - kleurloos 2 ('colorless, pale, drab, bland') - (de) treurnis ('sorrow, sadness, melancholy - deplorable, depressing circumstances) - (de) zeurpiet ( a person who nags a lot, complains about everything) - (de) beurs ('purse' - old-fashioned) // 'scholarship' // 'exchange, market') - teleurstellend ('disappointing') - (de) teleurstelling 2 ('disapppointment') - (de) beurt ('turn - oportunity, obligation' - in a game, in a queue) - (het) geurtje 2 3 ([little] 'smell, scent,' usually of perfume or cologne) - (de) gebeurtenis ('event, happening') - in geuren en kleuren 2 (3) (['with smells and colors'] - 'a lively, extensive description') - Etten-Leur ('a village') - Deurne (a village) - Veurne (a city in Belgium)
EUS	- (de) geus ('Dutch 16th Century rebel against Spanish rule) - heus ('really' - children's talk) - modieus ('fashionable') - mysterieus 2 3 ('mysterious, enigmatic') - IEU under U has more - (de) keus ('choice') - neus ('nose') - gekneusd 2 3 ('bruised') - (de) reus ('giant') - majestueus 2 ('majestic') - nerveus 2 ('nervous') - De Geus 2 3 (a family name) - Opheusden (a village) - Van Heusden 2 (a family name)
EUT	- (de) feut ('new college student to be hazed' - slang) - (de) neut ('glass of liquor' - slang) - (de) scheut 2 ('shoot, sprout' - new growth on plant or tree // 'jab' - of pain // 'dash, splash' - of liquid) - (de) sleutel ('key' - lock/wrench/music - 'clef') - sleutels ('keys') - (de) kleuter ('a small child' - 4-6 yrs) - neutraal 2 ('neutral') - (de) kneuterigheid ('small-mindedness') - (de) peut ('gasoline, gas' - slang) - (de) peuter 2 ('a small child' - 2-3 yrs) - preuts ('prudish')
EUV	- deuvels ('dowels' - carpentry) - (de) heuvel / heuvels 2 ('hill/hills')
EUW	- (de) eeuw 2 3 ('century') / eeuwen 2 ('centuries') - eeuwig 2 ('eternal') see EEUW in U for more
EUZ	- (de) keuze ('choice') - reuze! ('great!') - (de) reuzel ('lard, pork fat') - geuzen 2 (Dutch 'minutemen, revolutionaries') - neuzen 2 ('noses') - reuzen ('giants') - Terneuzen (a village)

Dutch [(het)] haar can mean both 'hair' and 'her' (third person female possessive, dative and accusative.) But the repetition in haar haar 2 ('her hair') sounds a bit funny, so some Dutch people use dialect forms instead: d'r haar 2 3 or heur haar 2 3
d'r 2 3 4 - heur

Exceptions

-EUM Ending in Words from Latin
In the -EUM ending of words from Latin, E and U pronounced separately:
(het) museum ('museum') - (de) petroleum ('petroleum' - the everyday cheap fuel) / (de) petroleum ('petroleum' - engineers' crude oil) - (het) Atheneum ('high-level High School')

EU in Words and Names from Greek
In Dutch, EU in words and names from Greek is pronounced as Dutch UI
- (de) therapeut ('therapist') - (het) pseudoniem ('pseudonym,' fictional name) - (het) eufemisme 2 ('euphemism') - (de) euthanasie 2 3 4 ('euthanasia') - (het) neutron 2 3 ('neutron') - (de) leukemie 2 3 ('leukemia') - therapeut / pseudodemocratie ('therapist / pseudo-democracy')
- Zeus 2 - Orpheus 2 - Zeus Odysseus Theseus - Prometheus 2

OE in Words and Names from Greek

But OE in words and names from Greek is in Dutch pronounced as EU
- (het) oedeem ('edema, oedema,' water retention) - oecumenisch 2 3 ('ecumenical') - Oedipus 2 3 (Greek mythological figure - 'U' is pronounced as OO, Dutch OE ) - oedipaal ('like Oedipus')

French EUILLE
French EUILLE is said in Dutch like in the original French (phonetic Dutch UI-JE)
(de) portefeuille ('wallet') - (het) feuilleton 2 3 ('feuilleton,' - print serial)

Compared with the Other Vowels and Diphthongs

A	- (de) deurmat 2 3 ('door mat') - (de) geurvlag 2 3 ('smell flag' - scent marker) - (de) acteur 2 ('actor') - wat sneu! ('how sad, such a pity!')
AA	- (het) reuma 2 3 ('~arthritis') - neutraal 2 ('neutral') - (de) beunhaas 2 3 4 (not properly qualified and/or tax-dodging 'black' worker, usually in contruction) - (de) vaargeul ('ship channel')
E	- (de) deurbel 2 3 ('doorbell') - nerveus 2 ('nervous') - (de) terreur ('terror, terrorism')
EE	- (de) breukstreep 2 3 ('fraction bar') - (de) spreekbeurt 2 3 ('speaking engagement,' lecture, speech, talk // presentation by student in school)
E-uh	- (de) keuken 2 ('kitchen') - (het) geurtje 2 3 ([little] 'smell, scent,' usually of perfume or cologne) - meubels ('furniture') - (de) kleuter ('a small child' - 4-6 yrs) - (de) dreumes ('a small child' - affectionately) - jeuken 2 ('to itch') - geuzen 2 (Dutch 'minutemen, 16th Century revolutionaries') - smeulen 2 ('to smolder, burn slowly' - fire) - (de) beugel 2 ('brace') - (de) vleugel ('wing' // 'grand piano') - gekneusd 2 3 ('bruised')
I	- (de) keuring 2 ('testing, test, examination, inspection') - (de) reukzin 2 ('the sense of smel') - (de) treurnis ('sorrow, sadness, melancholy' - deplorable, depressing circumstances) - (de) treurwilg ('weeping willow') - (de) schipbreuk 2 3 4 ('shipwreck, destruction of a ship')
IE	- (de) zeurpiet ( a person who nags a lot, complains about everything) - niet leuk 2 3 ('not amusing, not funny, unpleasant') - (de) likeur 2 ('sweet liquor') - mineur ('minor' - music)
O	- (de) deurknop ('door knob') - (de) wolkbreuk ('cloud-[break]-burst,' very heavy rain) - (de) snotneus 2 3 ('[snotty nose] 'whippersnapper,' a guy too young for his position') - (de) monteur 2 ('mechanic')
OO	- (de) neushoorn 2 ('[nose-horn] rhino, rhinoceros') - kleurloos 2 ('colorless, bland') - (de) euro 2 ('euro') - (de) voordeur ('front door') - (de) voorkeur 2 ('preference')
U	- (de) peulvrucht 2 ([pod-fruit] 'legume' (~bean)") - (de) schutkleur 2 3 ('camouflage color')
UU	- (het) humeur 2 3 ('mood') - (de) schuurdeur ('barn door') - (de) steunmuur ('[supporting] retaining wal')
AU/OU	- (de) zeurkous ('an annoying talker') - (de) houtgeur 2 3 ('wood-smell, smell of wood')
EI/IJ	- kleurrijk ('[color-rich] colorful') - (het) Beursplein 2 ('the square of the Amsterdam stock exchang') - (de) breuklijn 2 (1. 'line of break, crack' 2. 'fault line') - (de) wijsneus 2 ([wise nose] a person who thinks he's wise/clever/intelligent - but who is not) - (de) reisbeurs 2 ('travel grant, traveling scholarship')
EU	- (de) speurneus 2 3 ('[~search-nose] sleuth, investigating person') - (de) neusbreuk 2 3 ('nose crack,' 'broken nose' - a made-up word)
OE	- (het) kleurboek 2 ('coloring book') - (de) bloedneus 2 ('nosebleed')
UI	- (de) scheurbuik 2 3 ([rip-belly] 'scurvy' vitamin C deficiency) - (de) huidskleur 2 ('skin color') - (de) huisdeur 2 door')

Major Exceptions to the Phonetic Spelling of Dutch:
- Page 1:   een   -IG   -ISCH   -LIJK  
- Page 2:   -B   -D   SCHR   -TIE   UW   WR

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