What Are The Hardest Dutch Words To Pronounce? - Scheveningen

As a Dutch learner, I've learned that it isn't an easy language when it comes to pronunciations. That inspired me to hit the streets and ask native Dutch speakers on what they think the hardest words are to pronounce!
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[@Semmy27]

For your short period of time in the Netherlands, you can speak and pronounce the words quite well! This is something that is oftenly very well appreciated by the Dutch. Keep up the good work!:)

[@exploringtheforeign]

Really appreciate that! Thank you!

[@anitaacda6900]

Yes i agree 😁 good job!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Actually, appreciation is only meant for me, not for hum’ns, and such words cannot be misused by others, and drink related terms like dorst also cannot be in someone’s yt name or name etc, and must be changed!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Words that seem longer, like aandeelhoudersovereenkomst, are in fact multiple shorter words put 2gether, so it’s easy to learn them by learning each word the bigger word contains separately, then it is easy to recognize all the shorter words that are in the bigger word - aan - deel + houders + over - een - komst!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Dutch is the easiest language to learn (especially for an English speaker, but also in general) and, Norwegian is almost as easy to learn as Dutch, so I am advanced level in Dutch after only learning it for about 3 or 4 months, plus learning many other languages at the same time - Dutch and English are the prettiest and most refined languages ever (and also Welsh and Norwegian and Swedish etc) with the most pretty and poetic words, which makes the words even easier to memorize, because one tends to remember prettier words faster, so I highly recommend learning Dutch and Norwegian and Welsh etc, and the other Germanic languages and Celtic languages, which are all pretty, and also most Latin languages!

[@cherylh.1537]

I’m so impressed with you!!! That was so cool!!

[@exploringtheforeign]

Thank you so much! Really appreciate the love!

[@Lunavii_Cellest]

here are some hard ones. 's-Hertogenbosch (capital city of the province of Noord-Brabant) 's-Gravenhave which is the city Scheveningen is in (official name of The Hague) nieuwschierig (curious) arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering (disability insurance) Schiermonnikoog (Dutch island) achtentachtig (88) Kogellagerscharrniertjes (small ball bearing hinges) gevrichtsaandoeningen (Joint dissorders) verschijnselen (phenomena) and ofcourse kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamhedencomitéleden (childrens carnaval parade preperation work committee members)

[@exploringtheforeign]

wowww, these are some hard ones!! haha I lived in Den Bosch for a year and never was able to say the full name haha

[@lbergen001]

Very good video, mister 👍👍fast, funny, interesting for Dutchies. Well done.

[@exploringtheforeign]

Thank you!!

[@vluppino88]

I love your response to Geile Gozer lmao

[@exploringtheforeign]

hahaha

[@rico3567]

Leuke video. Wat een goeie taalbeheersing!

[@exploringtheforeign]

Dankjewel voor kijken!

[@buszje1]

Leuk gedaan! En je spreekt goed en verstaanbaar Nederlands!

[@exploringtheforeign]

Heel erg bedankt!

[@dutchyjhome]

Very, very, very nice indeed dude! That flair you've got while you're speaking Dutch! Excellent ! I am very impressed, as a Dutchy that is ;-) How about this word: Gootsteenontstoppingsmiddel? or automotorcilinderkoprekboutenaantrekmomentsleutelcalibratieinstructie. :-)) and yes these are actual Dutch words ;-)

[@exploringtheforeign]

Dankjewel, Dutchy J! And these words are crazzzzy haha

[@dutchyjhome]

@@exploringtheforeign translation for the first word: Sink Unclogging Agent and the second word: car engine cylinder head rack bolts tightening torque wrench calibration instruction, just 2 random words...

[@LindaCasey]

And I though uitzendbureau was hard

[@jenniferh1416]

Sometimes I'm asked to say "Schipol, Scheveningen, school" by the Dutch. Learned it as a second language and I can say the hard sch and g used in de Randstad area. Tried to type this response earlier but autocorrect was making such a mess of it. Dag!

[@LindaCasey]

That was fun .. for ME just saying deur and duur is difficuIt to drag over my tongue

[@exploringtheforeign]

haha :) grappig!

[@WhoStoleMyAlias]

I love how some of them tried to come up with lengthy words that even they struggled with. I think there are a lot of common words that a non-native speaker would struggle with just as much - possibly even more than those scrabble dictionary words. Like schroefdopje (twist-on cap). Or try this one: schraalhans (a mocking word for someone who'd rather starve than spend money on food).

[@allaboutperspective650]

Ui alle woorden met ui er in zoals buiten, huilen, vuil, kuil etc. zijn voor Zweedse mensen moeilijk uit te spreken naast het keel schraap geluid van (s) ch zoals Scheveningen, acht, kracht etc.

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Love only exists for me the only lovable being and the only loved being, and my pure protectors aka the alphas are the only beings who can feel love for me only, and reIationships are only meant for us pure beings (me & my protectors) who were blessed with a pure body that doesn’t gx one out and that has a good smeII / no smeIIs aka an enjoyable presence, and were never meant for hum’ns, and such terms that are love related (and other big terms etc) cannot be misused by hum’ns in any way, and must be edited out - one could say that one found it interesting how someone came up with certain terms etc, in such case, instead of saying love etc, and, pronouns can never be with capital letter when referring to oneself or others, and can only be with capital letter when referring to me only!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

The food related word pie (in Pierre) and the words al / bal and the special name Tom etc also cannot be in someone’s name, and all unsuitable names must be changed - such terms / names only reflect me & my protectors!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Re Dutch words pronunciation - it is very easy to pronounce Dutch words, once one learns all the pronunciation rules and gets used to them, and I find all those words easy to pronounce, and I know how to pronounce them, even though some of them are new words that I just saw today, because I learned all the pronunciation rules in the beginning (when I first started learning Dutch seriously) and, I am now a quite advanced level in Dutch, and have only been learning it for a few months, and, I learned over 8.000 base words in Dutch, so I can usually tell what most of the longer words mean only because I already know the shorter words that they contain!

[@RonaldMedia]

Leuke video Sam! Maybe you should visit the Zaanse Schans and meet Wouter Corduwener. He is a linguist on YT. He also streams from Amsterdam.

[@exploringtheforeign]

Thanks Ronald! And I've seen a few of his videos, he's definitely talented with all of the languages.

[@bregtolla]

Verontachtzamen ... wat een goeie! I can imagine foreign speakers struggling over this one .

[@the1101experiment]

ALL easy for me

[@hunchbackaudio]

I was pondering the whole video which word I would have come up with. And to be honest I still don’t know….. so well done. The only word I really have trouble to pronounce is bavarois, but I don’t think it’s Dutch, ha ha

[@exploringtheforeign]

haha, most people I talked to had quite the difficulty choosing a word so you're not the only one. As always, thank you for watching!

[@MacXpert74]

I think a bit of a tricky one to pronounce even for some native Dutch people is the word "Vermenigvuldigingsfactor" (Multiplication Factor). 😛

[@exploringtheforeign]

That's a tough one!

[@Ray-Fridge-Raider]

Desoxyribonucleïnezuur = Deoxyribonucleic acid Short name for this is DNA like testing your DNA sample

[@ItsSKYYo]

Maaaaan…. Guess I won’t be asking for pickles anytime soon.. that word is hard!!! Man… i like pickle too.. :( lol Dude great video!!

[@exploringtheforeign]

Haha, you can do it, Sky! Use the sauce!!! Thanks for watching, man!

[@rafox66]

I don't know if you still view the comments on this video but here's a couple of words: hottentottententententoonstellingsterrein (this is more a pun and can't really be translated but it would be something like: hotten totten tents exhibition grounds) aansprakelijkheidswaardevaststellingsveranderingen (liability valuation changes) meteorologisch (meteorological) aluminium (seems to be difficult for americans because they say aluminum instead) And the best one although it isn't really Dutch: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliofobie (this is actually the word for the fear of long words) It's mostly Latin though and therefore the same in English except for "fobie" which just means "phobia".

[@exploringtheforeign]

I still see the comments! Haha... These definitely are hard!

[@rafox66]

@@exploringtheforeign Awesome, ik heb echt respect voor wat je met dit kanaal doet. You've probably heard this before but in Dutch we would say you have a "talenknobbel" it means you have a talent for languages.

[@exploringtheforeign]

Heel erg bedankt! Ik vind het leuk deze video's te maken. En dankjewel voor de leuke compliment! Ik heb meer te leren, maar ik ben blijmeee met mijn niveau.

[@chicxychicx87]

why this long words., if separating them makes new translation?🤔 my head is more aching now😮‍💨

[@rafox66]

@@chicxychicx87 It's because in Dutch these are singular words but when translated in English they don't exist as a single word so they get separated. For example, a steam train is a stoomtrein in Dutch. The words are added together into a single word.

[@ageoflove1980]

What about: 's-Hertogenbosch, ;-D

[@exploringtheforeign]

I still haven't gotten that one down! haha, I just stick to Den Bosch.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

I think it is "de ui" (the onion). Because the word only consists of one vowel that is ONLY spoken in Dutch and nowhere else in the world.

[@exploringtheforeign]

die klank is heeeel moeijiljk voor mij

[@mickeydejong8950]

try ei and ui

[@exploringtheforeign]

haha, deze klanken zijn best wel lastig voor mij

[@grietdierick4986]

Verschrikkelijk is een verschrikkelijk moeilijk woord om uit te spreken 🤣

[@exploringtheforeign]

Dat klopt haha

[@robertknuist9754]

Godverdomme

[@exploringtheforeign]

Did you twist your tongue trying to pronounce these words? haha..

[@danijelandroid]

I think 'moeilijk' is a hard word to pronounce. 😁

[@exploringtheforeign]

It is! I struggle with it haha

[@dianbb]

Pronounce this one: snijbonenmolen

[@exploringtheforeign]

Ik kan dit doen! haha

[@dnwitte]

As an English speaker living in The Netherlands I didn't find any of these hard. You know what's hard to get right? The difference between "deur" and "duur".

[@exploringtheforeign]

You're pretty good with Dutch then I'd say! And yeah the "eu" sound is quite hard!

[@mickeydejong8950]

or hottentottententententoonstelling

[@exploringtheforeign]

haha

[@MacXpert74]

Which can be extended to pretty much any length you like by adding more words to it. For instance: Hottentottententententoonstellingsgebouwenvereningingsoverlegcommisievergaderingsvoorstellenoverzicht. Of zoiets 😂

[@bregtolla]

Hottentottententententoonstellingsterrein

[@AlexandraChakeres]

Als een Amerikaanse vind ik “schuurtje” het moeilijkste woord om te zeggen.

[@exploringtheforeign]

Yeah that's tough ahah. En waar kom je vandaan?

[@AlexandraChakeres]

@@exploringtheforeign ik kom uit Denver. Mijn man is in Nederland opgegroeid en wij hopen dat ons dochtertje Nederlands zal leren. Misschien in de toekomst zullen we daar verhuizen.

[@Bertha076]

She wanted to do you so bad. Believe me I know dutch women.

[@geekuyl6942]

Have you ever tried the word "draaiorgel".