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Dutch
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Gallery
of the Netherlands. Click the picture to visit this growing database of pictures of Dutch landscapes, townviews, mill's and rivers. (Amateur) photographers daily provide this database of new photographs from all over the country. If you want to have your personal photo of any place in the Netherlands added to this database, just feel free to contact me |
Pronunciation | |
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Dutch spelling and it's pronunciation. (A very solid site for beginners, with sound-samples) |
A, b, c, d, e, f, g... | |
Dutch
diftongues & triphtongues watch the expandable tool bottom-left.... just for your convenience |
au,
ou [vrouw] | ei,
ij [eiland] | ui [huis] | oe [boer] | eu [neus] [deur] |
aai [draaien] | ooi [mooi] | oei [bloei] | ieu [nieuw] | eeu [eeuw] |
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The position-dependent pronunciation of the Dutch vowels. Some Dutch difficult consonants and their proper pronunciation. |
Van-der-bilt Ad-der (= adder) | Va-der (=father) Klaas (Claes) | ||
B | |||
C | Like
in English: ca, co, cu and ce, ci, cy | ||
D | |||
Hen-drik/Hendrick
| Se-bring Steen-wyck | Heer-mans Ba-rents Ap-pel | |
F | |||
Ger-rit/Gerryt Bo-gaerd | |||
H | |||
Dirk/Dirck/Dirc/Kil | Si-mon-sen | ||
Jacob/Yacob/ | |||
K | |||
L | |||
M | |||
N | |||
Cort-land/ Fon-da [mind the difference between these two o's] | Co-zyn Kool | Hoorn-beeck oi | |
P | |||
Q | |||
Rensselaer | |||
S | |||
T | |||
Mon-ta-nus | Buurt/Buert | ||
V | |||
Wouter | |||
X/cks/cx | |||
Y | |||
Z | |||
Van Schaick/ Schayck | |||
ei/y/ey/ij/eij | |||
Thijs/Thys | Eer-lijk/Eer-lic | ||
Lau-rens/ Blaeu | |||
Wou-ter-sen | |||
Schuyler | |||
Ter Heu-ne | Ter Heul | Deur | |
Van den Broek/Brouck | |||
aai/(a)ay/aey | |||
ooi/(o)oy | |||
oei/oey | |||
Cas-tu-teeuw | |||
ieu | |||
ae (3) | Claes/Rens-se-laer | Mat-thaeus | Blaeu |
sch (2) | Scher-mer-horn | Bosch | |
ch | Slich-ten-horst/ Slig-ten-horst | ||
ie | Pluy-vier |