Dutch (Netherlands) symbols

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The service supports the following symbols for Netherlands Dutch.

Regular vowels

Regular vowels (Netherlands Dutch)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
@ ə 0259 de, unieke
A ɑ 0251 bank, pad
E ɛ 025B heft, bed
i i 0069 vier, piet
I ɪ 026A kip, ring
O ɔ 0254 jong, rob
u u 0075 douche, koen
y y 0079 uur, duur
Y ʏ 028F drugs, druk, hut

Long vowels

Long vowels (Netherlands Dutch)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
'a:' aː 0061+02D0 zaad, vaas
'e:' eː 0065+02D0 peet, meervoud
'E:' ɛː 025B+02D0 flair, airbag
'2:' øː 00F8+02D0 neus, shirt, euro
'9:' œː 0153+02D0 freuletjes
'o:' oː 006F+02D0 nodig, Rome
'Q:' ɒː 0252+02D0 amazone

Nasalized vowels

Nasalized vowels (Netherlands Dutch)
SPR symbol 1 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
'a:'n aːn 0061+02D0+006E dependances
'e:'n eːn 0065+02D0+006E Chopin
'o:'n oːn 006F+02D0+006E enquête, genre

Note:

  1. In the SPR symbols, the single quotes that surround two-character symbols mean that the characters are interpreted as a single symbol. For example, the SPR 'a:'n consists of two SPR symbols: a: and n. You must include the single quotes as shown when you use the symbols in an SPR pronunciation for a word.

Diphthongs

Diphthongs (Netherlands Dutch)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
'aI' ɛi 025B+0069 aait, draait
'Au' ʌu 028C+0075 koud, faun
'eI' eɪ 0065+026A leiden, leidt
'e:'u eːu 0065+02D0+0075 sneeuw
'9y' œy 0153+0079 muis
iu iu 0069+0075 nieuw
'o:'i oː 006F+02D0 gooit, fooi, oei
ui ui 0075+0069 groeit
yu yu 0079+0075 duwen

Consonants

Consonants (Netherlands Dutch)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
b b 0062 bad
d d 0064 dak
'dZ' dʒ
ʤ 		0064+0292
02A4 		jazz
f f 0066 fout
g g 0067 goal
G ɣ 0263 regen
h ɦ 0266 hand, hoed
j j 006A lesje
k k 006B kat
l l 006C land
m m 006D mat
n n 006E nek
N ŋ 014B storing
p p 0070 pad
r r 0072 rand
s s 0073 sap
S ʃ 0283 pasjes, chef
t t 0074 tak
v v 0076 vijf
w ʋ 028B dwalen, wang
x x 0078 gaan, toch
z z 007A zat
Z ʒ 0292 jury