How to pronounce eu, oe and u in Dutch / Flemish

The vowel combinations eu, oe and u can be quite confusing for many students. These sounds might exist in your language but might be written in a different way (like in German - ö, u, ü) or these sounds might not be used at all. In this video, I would like to compare these three sounds side by side and hopefully make the pronunciation a little bit clearer.
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[@jandron94]

"eu" like in French "heureux" that prononces himself like "eu.r.eu". It signifies "happy".

[@anacristinasacoto8618]

excellent video ...thanks to share with us

[@kathybui1918]

Thank you dank u well:))

[@DutchGo]

Thanks for watching! If you want to learn more about other Dutch vowel combinations check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIvUn3SAjJdssLs

[@desmorgens3120]

Nout, please make a video about "schr" as in "schrijven". Some books say its pronunciation can be either [ ˈsxrɛɪvən] or [ˈsrɛɪvən]. Which one is correct according to ABN Dutch and Flemish? Thank you.

[@DutchGo]

I'm not sure if it's enough of a topic for a whole video. It's really just [ ˈsxrɛɪvən], just make sure not to turn it into "shraiven" or something like that, it's a pure "s" followed by a proper "g" throat scraping. ;-) Good luck. Check otherwise the pronunciation in dictionaries such as Van Dale NT2 (their online dictionary has the pronunciation in Belgian Dutch and Netherlandic Dutch) or even bab.la: en.bab.la/dictionary/dutch-english/schrijven Good luck!

[@desmorgens3120]

@@DutchGo I accidentally found my question and your answer here one minute ago. There was no notification. Okay...thank you, Nout.

[@desmorgens3120]

Nout...just information for you. In German, we have the so-called Umlauts ä [ɛ], ö [œ], ü [ʏ], Swedish having only ä [ɛ] and ö [œ]. In Dutch, we have trémas, but the two-dot signs are used for seperating vowel letters in order that we can pronounce the group of letters easily, the quality of the sound never being changed at all: naäpen, coëxistentie, maïzena, coöperatie, reünie.

[@DutchGo]

I know, but thank you! :)

[@handibelanda]

I have problem not easy to spelling uit and huis 😞

[@DutchGo]

Check this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIvUn3SAjJdssLs

[@Zuaachen]

How do you pronounce the name Huygens?

[@DutchGo]

As if it was written "Huigens", so like "huis".

[@Zuaachen]

Dutch & Go with Nout Hi-gens with a English long i?

[@DutchGo]

@@Zuaachen No, with "ui". Check the video. Like in "huis", "buiten", "tuin", etc.

[@DutchGo]

@@Zuaachen With an "ui", like in "huis", "tuin", "buiten". Check this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIvUn3SAjJdssLs&t=

[@Zuaachen]

Dutch & Go with Nout Ok. How-gens ?

[@xandraphilimon3931]

Moet de 'u' in de titel en in de video geen 'uu' zijn?

[@Eugensson]

Is “oe” a long or a short vowel?

[@desmorgens3120]

Actually, I have the same question in my mind, Dmitry. But I wish to share with you something which I have known so far: in older books, I found some information that the oe was traditionally classified as a long vowel [uː]. In reality, however, native speakers of Dutch tend to pronounce it short as in zakdoek [ˈzɑɡduk], moet [mut]. Whenever oe is followed by r, it is always pronounced long [uː], thus: boer [buːr], boeren [ˈbuːrə(n)], etc.

[@Eugensson]

@@desmorgens3120 thanks! This really valuable

[@Eugensson]

@@desmorgens3120 not so sure about vrouwen and leeuwen, i would pronounce them as /'vra͡u.wə(n)/

[@Eugensson]

@UC93PU2e0gU2-hUuzgUoRCRQ never heard an /ou/ diphthong in Dutch.

[@desmorgens3120]

@@Eugensson The phoneme [ɔʊ], together with [ɛɪ] and [œʏ], is really a diphthong. The two speech sounds, [ɔ] and [ʊ], cannot be seperated.

[@claesbengtsson]

But Tim Krul isn't pronounced that way!

[@fransandreas9724]

You must be strong guy..

[@chrisboogaard7732]

The eu he says isnt even right, it is a dialect of dutch, not standard dutch how he pronounces it

[@theblackryvius6613]

He has stated many a times that he is indeed Flemish

[@chrisboogaard7732]

@@theblackryvius6613 oke, i hate that 'eu' sound. Its not standard dutch

[@theblackryvius6613]

@@chrisboogaard7732 If it's a Flemish dialect, then sure, but I'm pretty sure dude teaches the standards of both Netherlands and Belgium.