 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Dutch on Wikipedia.It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Dutch in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. | |
Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Dutch
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Dutch pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
See Dutch phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Dutch as well as dialectal variations not represented here.
| Consonants
|
| IPA
|
Examples
|
English approximation
|
| b
|
beetⓘ
|
bait
|
| d
|
dakⓘ
|
duck
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| f
|
fietsⓘ
|
feats
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| ɣ
|
gaanⓘ[a]
|
no English equivalent; like loch (Scottish) or voiced in the south.
|
| ɦ
|
hadⓘ[a]
|
behind
|
| j
|
jasⓘ
|
yard
|
| k
|
katⓘ, cabaretⓘ
|
ski
|
| l
|
landⓘ
|
land
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| m
|
mensⓘ[b]
|
man
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| n
|
nekⓘ[b]
|
neck
|
| ŋ
|
engⓘ[b]
|
long
|
| p
|
penⓘ, ribⓘ[c]
|
sport
|
| r
|
rasⓘ[d]
|
American atom, French R, or (in syllable coda) American R.
|
| s
|
sokⓘ
|
between sip and ship (retracted) (N), sip (B)
|
| t
|
takⓘ, hadⓘ[c]
|
stop
|
| v
|
verⓘ[a]
|
very
|
| ʋ
|
wangⓘ[e]
|
like a looser very
|
| x
|
achtⓘ,[a] wegⓘ[c]
|
loch (Scottish English)
|
| z
|
zeepⓘ[a]
|
between zone and genre (retracted) (N), zone (B)
|
| Marginal consonants
|
| ɕ
|
sjabloonⓘ, chefⓘ[f]
|
ship
|
| dʑ
|
Giovanni[f]
|
jeep
|
| ɡ
|
goalⓘ[g]
|
goal
|
| ɱ
|
omvallenⓘ[b]
|
symphony
|
| ɲ
|
oranjeⓘ, Trijntjeⓘ[f][b]
|
somewhat like canyon
|
| tɕ
|
tientjeⓘ, checkⓘ, Tsjechiëⓘ[f]
|
cheer
|
| ʑ
|
juryⓘ[a][f]
|
genre
|
| ʔ
|
beëindigⓘ [bəˈʔɛindəx],
Trijntje Oosterhuis
[-ə ˈʔoː-][h]
|
catch in uh-oh!
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
voorkomenⓘ
voorkomenⓘ
|
as in commandeer
/ˌkɒmənˈdɪər/
|
| ˌ
|
| Other representations
|
| ( )
|
maken [ˈmaːkə(n)]
zelf [zɛl(ə)f]
|
Optional sound[i]
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA
|
Examples
|
English approximation
|
| Checked vowels[j]
|
| ɑ
|
badⓘ
|
father, but rather short
|
| ɛ
|
bedⓘ
|
bed
|
| ɪ
|
visⓘ
|
sit
|
| ɔ
|
botⓘ
|
off
|
| ʏ
|
hutⓘ
|
roughly like nurse
|
| Free vowels and diphthongs[j]
|
| aː
|
aapⓘ
|
British lad, but long
|
| eː
|
beetⓘ, ezelⓘ[k]
|
American may (N), Scottish may (B)
|
| ə
|
deⓘ
|
again
|
| i
|
diepⓘ
|
deep
|
| oː
|
bootⓘ[k]
|
goal (N), story (B)
|
| y
|
fuutⓘ
|
roughly like few
|
| øː
|
neusⓘ[k]
|
roughly like fur
|
| u
|
hoedⓘ
|
roughly like cool
|
| ɑi
|
aiⓘ
|
price
|
| aːi
|
draaiⓘ
|
prize
|
| ʌu
|
jouⓘ, dauwⓘ
|
out
|
| ɛi
|
bijtⓘ, eiⓘ
|
RP, Australian, New Zealand may
|
| eːu
|
sneeuwⓘ
|
jaywalk
|
| iu
|
nieuwⓘ
|
ew!
|
| ɔi
|
hoiⓘ
|
choice
|
| oːi
|
nooitⓘ
|
boys
|
| œy
|
buitⓘ
|
roughly like Canadian ice
|
| ui
|
groeiⓘ
|
gooey
|
| yu
|
duwⓘ
|
Roughly like Received Pronunciation too
|
| Marginal vowels
|
| ɛː
|
scèneⓘ[l]
|
square (British English)
|
| iː
|
analyseⓘ, dierⓘ[m]
|
wheeze
|
| ɔː
|
rozeⓘ[n][o]
|
thought
|
| œː
|
freuleⓘ[n]
|
roughly like fur
|
| uː
|
cruiseⓘ, boerⓘ[m]
|
rule
|
| yː
|
centrifugeⓘ, kuurⓘ[m]
|
roughly like fugue
|
| ɑ̃ː
|
genreⓘ[n]
|
roughly like croissant
|
| ɛ̃ː
|
hautainⓘ[n]
|
roughly like doyen
|
| ɔ̃ː
|
chansonⓘ[n]
|
roughly like montage
|
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