ipa/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 Wiki: 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 bait
d duck
f feats
ɣ no English equivalent; like loch (Scottish) or voiced in the south.
ɦ behind
j yard
k , ski
l land
m man
n neck
ŋ long
p , sport
r American atom, French R, or (in syllable coda) American R.
s between sip and ship (retracted) (N), sip (B)
t , stop
v very
ʋ like a looser very
x , loch (Scottish English)
z between zone and genre (retracted) (N), zone (B)
Marginal consonants
t͡ɕ , cheer
ɡ goal
d͡ʑ Giovanni jeep
ɱ symphony
ɲ , somewhat like canyon
ɕ , ship
ʑ genre
ʔ [bəˈʔɛindəx],
Trijntje Oosterhuis
[-ə ˈʔoː-]
catch in uh-oh!
Stress
ˈ
as in commandeer
/ˌkɒmənˈdɪər/
ˌ
Other representations
( ) maken [ˈmaːkə(n)]
zelf [zɛl(ə)f]
Optional sound
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
Checked vowels
ɑ father, but rather short
ɛ bed
ɪ sit
ɔ off
ʏ roughly like nurse
Free vowels and diphthongs
British lad, but long
, American may (N), Scottish may (B)
ə again
i deep
American go (N), story (B)
y roughly like few
øː roughly like fur
u roughly like cool
ɑi price
aːi prize
ʌu , out
ɛi , roughly like Australian may
eːu jaywalk
iu ew!
ɔi choice
oːi boys
œy roughly like Canadian ice
ui gooey
yu Roughly like Received Pronunciation too
Marginal vowels
ɛː square (British English)
, wheeze
ɔː thought
œː roughly like fur
, rule
, roughly like fugue
ɑ̃ː roughly like croissant
ɛ̃ː roughly like doyen
ɔ̃ː roughly like montage

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