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minus-squaremsfroh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down2·13 days agoFor people who don’t know Dutch, the pronunciation is kind of like “noiken in de koiken”.
minus-squareiknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·13 days agoMore like “know ken in duh kow ken” (where “kow” is rhymes with “bow” that you shoot an arrow with).
minus-squareoktoberpaard@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 days agoThat’s a very rough approximation (more German than Dutch), but I wouldn’t be able to give a better one using just English spelling without additional hints. In IPA it’s øː (with some regional variation). Audio samples: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/keuken https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/neuken
minus-squareDigitalprimate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoN American English doesn’t really have that diphthong though.
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoThat would be the German ‘eu’ pronounced ‘oy’. In Dutch, it’s pronounced like ‘uh’. <nuh-kuh-n>
minus-squareBorgDrone@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoWhat kind of idiot doesn’t speak Dutch? Even my nephew speaks Dutch fluently and he’s like 4 years old.
For people who don’t know Dutch, the pronunciation is kind of like “noiken in de koiken”.
More like “know ken in duh kow ken” (where “kow” is rhymes with “bow” that you shoot an arrow with).
this person dutches
That’s a very rough approximation (more German than Dutch), but I wouldn’t be able to give a better one using just English spelling without additional hints. In IPA it’s øː (with some regional variation).
Audio samples:
N American English doesn’t really have that diphthong though.
That would be the German ‘eu’ pronounced ‘oy’. In Dutch, it’s pronounced like ‘uh’. <nuh-kuh-n>
What kind of idiot doesn’t speak Dutch? Even my nephew speaks Dutch fluently and he’s like 4 years old.