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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.
Adjectives in most positions get an -E ending ‑>>
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
In Dutch words ending in -UI,
no consonant ending the word,
you can say that UI with a faint consonant‑Y‑sound
(Dutch J) at the end, but
I prefer the pronunciation ending in a faint
Dutch W. For instance,
(de) ui
('onion') - you can say
ui(j)
or
ui(w)
.
The plural
uien
('onions') has the
consonant‑Y‑sound (Dutch
J) between UI and E.
You'll hear that somewhat faint consonant‑Y‑sound
(Dutch J) more often between UI and a vowel:
(de) luiaard
2
3
('lazy person // sloth')
- buien
('rainshowers')
- (de) uier
('udder' - cow)
- (de) luier
('diaper, nappy')
- (de) sluier
('a veil')
- (de) grauwsluier
('a gray veil' - phrase from a detergent commercial)
- Compared -
Hear 'short' and 'long' U next to the other vowels and the diphthongs
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.
UI: | (de) ui
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BUI: | (de) bui
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DUI: |
duiken
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EUI: |
geuit
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FUI: |
(de) fuif
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GUI: |
(de) guit
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HUI: |
(de) huid
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JUI: |
juist
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KUI: |
(de) kuif
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LUI: |
[(de)] lui
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MUI: |
(de) muil
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NUI: |
(de) snuit
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PUI: |
(het) puin
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RUI: |
(de) rui
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BRUI: | bruin
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DRUI: |
(de) druif
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FRUI: | (het) fruit
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KRUI: |
(het) kruit
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PRUI: |
(de) pruik
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TRUI: |
(de) trui
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STRUI: |
(het) struif
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SUI: |
(de) suiker
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SCHUI: |
schuifdeuren
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TUI: |
(het) tuig
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VUI: |
[(het)] vuil
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WUI: |
wuiven
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ZUI: |
zuid
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-UIB: |
Huibers
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-UICH: | (de) huichelaar
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-UID: |
(de) huid
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-UI(J)E: |
(de) uier
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-UIF: |
- (de) duif
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-UIG: |
ruig
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-UI(J): |
- (de) luiaard
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-UIK: |
(de) buik
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-UIL: |
(de) uil
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-UIM: | (het) duimpje
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-UIN: |
bruin
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-UIP: |
druipen
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-UIS: |
- (het) kruis
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-UIT: |
uit
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-UIV: |
druiven
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-UIZ: | buizen
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A
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- (de) uitgang
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AA
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- (het) luipaard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() - naar huis ![]() ![]() |
E
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- (het) uitstel
![]() ![]() ![]() - (het) werktuig ![]() ![]() ![]() |
EE
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- (het) pluimvee
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() - (de) speeltuin ![]() ![]() |
E-uh
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- (het) vuiltje
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() - (het) geluid ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I
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- (het) uitzicht
![]() ![]() ![]() - (het) zintuig ![]() ![]() |
IE
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- (de) buikgriep
![]() ![]() - (het) vliegtuig ![]() ![]() |
O
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- (de) bruiloft
![]() ![]() ![]() - (het) fortuin ![]() ![]() ![]() |
OO
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- (het) bruinbrood
![]() ![]() ![]() - (het) koophuis ![]() ![]() |
U
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- (de) huismus
![]() ![]() - (het) buskruit ![]() ![]() |
UU
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- (het) kruisvuur
![]() - (het) buurthuis ![]() ![]() ![]() |
AU/OU
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- (de) huisvrouw
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EI/IJ
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- (de) buikpijn
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EU
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- (de) huidskleur
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OE
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- (de) kruidkoek
![]() ![]() - (de) hoestbui ![]() ![]() |
UI
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UIJ, UY in names
In names you'll sometimes find the old-spelling UY or UIJ where
modern Dutch would write UI:
Muijlwijck
- Luijendijk
2
- Van Duijn
2
Johan Cruijff
2
(soccer star) Like many Dutchmen with UIJ in their names,
Mr Cruijff sometimes made his name easier for foreigners as Cruyff.
Pim Fortuyn
2
- Joop den Uyl
2
(deceased politicians)
Lara van Ruijven
2
3
- Jan Blokhuijsen
(speed skaters)
Dirk Kuyt
2
- Willy van der Kuijlen
2
3
(soccer players)
Carolien van Herrikhuyzen
(bicycle racer)
more Dutch sports
and sports people
Michiel de Ruyter
2
17th Century top admiral. He led the Dutch navy in the second and
third Anglo-Dutch Sea Wars (1665-67 and
1672-74)
‑>>
- 2
Claes van Ruijven -
Pieter Claeszoon van Ruijven
Pieter C. was a
Vermeer
patron, bought more than 20 of his paintings
Buys Ballot
(19th Century scientist, best known for weather studies)
(Christophorus Henricus Diedericus Buijs Ballot
)
Huygens
2
- Christiaan Huygens
17th Century scientist
Andreas Cornelis 'Dries' van Kuijk
(Probably) Elvis manager 'Colonel Parker'
Foreign words and names with UI
Guido
2
is pronounced with Dutch G, but not with Dutch UI
(het) circuit
race track, 'circle'
(de) guillotine
2
guillotine
quitte
even, no debts, no obligations
(de) quiche
quiche
(de) quiz
quiz game show - also written as (de) kwis
And also dieresis (het) trema
‑>>
(de) ruïne
2
ruin
ruïneren
2
to ruin
Greek EU
In Dutch, EU in words and names from Greek is pronounced as
UI
- (de) therapeut
('therapist')
- (de) euthanasie
2
3
4
('euthanasia')
- (het) pseudoniem
('pseudonym,' fictional name)
- (het) eufemisme
2
('euphemism')
- (de) leukemie
2
3
('leukemia')
- Zeus
2
- Orpheus
2
- Zeus Odysseus Theseus
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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