Of Dutch names with RealAudio recordings of these names being pronounced by a Dutch Radio Netherlands has created a website in the same spirit as this one, containing a list Kuhn- sehrt-guh-bow (would be kuhn- sehrt-huh-bow) Thus the following indications do not follow the rules stated above: These are not technically exceptions, they are actually names that have become so well known in their incorrect (usually Germanicized) pronunciations that you are better off pronouncing them incorrectly. Most words are stressed on the first syllable. Stress apply also to Dutch, for the most part. Sjostakovitsj is the Dutch spelling of Shostakovich Skh, may be approximated as sk (not like German!) Y, except in the combinations sj and tj described below de Groot = duh- hroht however on the radio you can usually get away with using an ordinary hard g (see exceptions, below). As in German, voiced stops normally become voiceless at ends of syllables ( d becomes t, b becomes p, and so forth). These are much easier than the vowels, but still a little strange in some cases. Iy, equivalent to ij (this symbol is literally a contraction of i and j) Uh (the n is dropped, but it is common to ignore this rule) Radio Nederland = rah-dee-oh nay-der-lundДЄy (open) or eh (closed), e.g.

In Dutch the difference between open and closed affects the sounds of a and e, though radio announcers can get away with ignoring the difference.Дo keep in mind that the Dutch u is like the French u: in Germanic terms, that means we pronounce it as though there's an umlaut.ДЄh (open) or uh (closed), e.g. the English word 'fountain' consists of two closed syllables, while the word 'futon' has an open syllable followed by a closed syllable. A closed syllable is one that ends with a consonant, i.e. Like German, some Dutch vowels sound differently depending on whether they are in 'open' or 'closed' syllables. Umlaut is not always printed, which tends to cause some uncertainty as to how one should pronounce y.

The German umlaut: Dutch Гї is originally a contraction of ij. The only notable difference is in the pronunciation of the letter w the Flemish way matches English, while the Dutch way matches German (see below).Дutch uses the umlaut on the letter y, but it has a very different meaning and origin from When German rules can be applied, you should not assume they are correct.ДЇlemish, the variety of Dutch spoken in Belgium, is the same language for radio purposes. However, it cannot always be applied: Dutch contains many odd looking vowel combinations that German lacks, and it also pronounces certain vowels very differently. This approach often produces results that are phonetically wrong but generally acceptable (e.g. Most people know little or nothing about the Dutch language except that it's similar to German, thus there's is a common tendency to use German pronunciation rules for Dutch names.

Although it's quite closely related to German, Dutch gives the impression of being one of the odder languages in Europe due to its distinctively peculiar system of vowel sounds.

A with umlaut pronunciation