CH in Dutch - Skip General Introduction

Pronunciation: Hear for Yourself

Adjectives in most positions get an -E  ending ‑>>
Several words appear twice on the page. I do not have an infinite number of recordings, and some combinations of letters are rarely or never found in Dutch.

Spelling and Pronunciation

• a double vowel is always 'long'
  (de) slaap ('sleep') - (de) vloot 2 ('fleet')
• a single vowel at the end of a word is always 'long' (except E)
  (de) sla ('lettuce') - (de) vlo 2 ('flea') - de 2 ('the' #1)
• a single vowel followed by one or more consonants at the end of a word is 'short'
  slap ('weak') - (het) vlot 2 3 ('raft')
• a single vowel followed by one consonant followed by another vowel is 'long.' (The syllables split is before the single consonant. This is somewhat like English 'silent E')
  slapen (sla-pen) ('to sleep) vloten (vlo-ten) 2 ('fleets')
• a single vowel followed by two or more consonants is 'short.' (The syllable break is between the consonants)
  slappe (slap-pe) ('weak') - vlotten (vlot-ten) 2 3 ('rafts')
  This rule 'works' for double consonants, but not always when the consonants are different
• The 'voiceless, unstressed E' (the 'schwa') is a problem ‑>>
• Diphthongs don't have 'short' and 'long' forms
• Vowels and diphthongs are a little longer when followed by R

mannen (man-nen) 2

(de) maan 2 ('moon')

manen (ma-nen) 2 3

'Long' and 'short' are traditional terms. The difference is actually more of tone than length
More about spelling and pronunciation - another version
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Major Exceptions to the Phonetic Spelling of Dutch
- Page 1:   een   -IG   -ISCH   -LIJK  
- Page 2:   -B   -D   SCHR   -TIE   UW   WR
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CH in Dutch - Hear for Yourself

(de) CH 2
Hear a few Dutch CH's:
acht 2 '8' - achtentachtig '88'
Amsterdam tour guides sometimes come up with the Dutch tongue-twister:
"Achtentachtig prachtige grachten" 2 '88 wonderful canals' A longer variation:
"Smachtend dacht ik aan de prachtige nachten tussen d(i)e achtentachtig grachten" 2 'Filled with longing I was thinking of the wonderful nights in the city of 88 canals.' De grachtengordel 2 the Amsterdam canals belt
de Nachtwacht 2 'the Night Watch' - Rembrandt's famous painting ‑>> - 2
(de) achterdocht 2 3 suspicion, mistrust
achterdochtig 2 3 suspicious, suspecting, mistrusting
(de) tocht 2 a difficult journey or a military campaign // a 'draft,' undesirable chilling airflow in a room de Tocht der Tochten 2 'the tour of tours' - "the Mother of all Tours" = De Elfstedentocht 2 'The 11-Cities Tour' - a 200-kilometers (130 miles) national skating event - more

G and CH

Hear for yourself:
- lachen 2 ('to laugh') ‑>> - vlaggen 2 ('flags')
- vlaggen / lachen / licht / ligt 2
- [(het)] licht ('light' // 'light') - je ligt 2 3 4 5 ('you're lying down') - je licht 2 3 4 5 ('your (bike) light')
- [(de)] echt 2 3 ('real, really' // 'marriage') - je legt 2 3 4 ('you are laying down')
- wij loochenen 2 ('we deny the truth of, we disclaim') - wij logen 2 3 ('we lied')
- (de) lach ('laugh') - ik lach 2 ('I'm laughing') - ik lag 2 3 4 5 6 ('I was lying down')
- zich ('yourself, oneself') ‑>> - (de) big ('young pig')
- walgelijk 2 3 ('disgusting') - Walcheren 2 (former island in the province of Zeeland 2 ['Sea-land']

The difference between CH and G may be more pronounced in the Limburg dialect - when I try to imitate that the CH and G seem to be more clearly different:
Standard (Northern) Dutch: zich geven 2
My attemtpts at Limburg dialect: zich geven 2
'Zich geven'  - 'giving yourself' means something like 'to dedicate yourself to a noble goal'

- (de) achtergrond 2 ('background') - achterdochtig 2 3 ('suspicious, suspecting, mistrusting') - (de) nachtegaal 2 ('nightingale' - a bird) - (het) luchtgat 2 ('vetilation opening') - (het) daglicht 2 ('daylight')

Hear the Examples

- champignons ('"button"

- ik douche 2 ('I'm showering')

- (het) chocolaatje 2 ('piece

The 'first series' is grouped by the letter after the CH's, the 'second series' is grouped by the letter before the CH's:

- first series: CHA-CHZ - second series: ACH-YCH

the: de 2 / het 2 3 - 't ->>
Plurals always take 'de'
a: (een) - 'n / one: één 2 3

Repeat the words after me, try saying them like I do, and record yourself or ask a friend to compare how you say them with how I say them.Try to bring your pronunciation of the words closer and closer to how I say them. Use as few or as many examples as you like.

intro CH-	- (de) chaos ('chaos') - chaotisch 2 ('chaotic') - (de) chemicus 2 ('chemist,' scientist working in chemistry) - (de) chemie 2 ('chemistry') ‑>> - (het) chloor ('chlorine, Cl') - chroom ('chrome') - chromatisch ('chromatic') - music - (het) chromosoom ('chromosome') French CH: - (de) chantage 2 ('blackmail') - champignons ('"button" mushrooms') - (de) chef 2 ('boss, manager, supervisor') - chef-kok 2 ('chef') - China ('China' - the country) - (het) machientje 2 3 4 ('small machine, gadget') - (het) chocolaatje 2 ('piece of chocolate - (de) chocolademelk 2 3 ('chocolate milk')
CHA	only with French CH, pronounced like English SH: - chagerijnig 2 - also said as: - sagerijnig 2 ('in a bad mood') - (de) chantage 2 ('blackmail') - chanteren 2 ('to blackmail') - Richard 2 (a boys' name) - (de) charme ('charm') - charmant ('charming') - Charlot / Charlotte (girls' names) In the often-used, common word champignons ('"button" mushrooms') the NG has disappeared. (With difficulty I say (exaggerated!) champiGNons ) - champignons bakken 2 3 ('baking, sautéing mushrooms') - gebakken champignons 2 3 ('baked, sautéed mushrooms')
CHAA	- Zacharias ('biblical name') - Michaël 2 (a boys' name) - (het) lichaam ('body') - lichamelijk / lichamelijke 2 ('bodily, physical') - lichaamsdelen ('body parts) ‑>> - (de) lichaamsbeweging 2 3 (['body movement'] - 'exercise') - mechanisch 2 ('mechanical') - (de) chaos ('chaos') - chaotisch 2 ('chaotic')
CHAU	only with French CH: - (de) chauffeur 2 ('driver' - car, bus, truck) - (de) buschauffeur 2 3 ('bus driver') - (de) marechaussee 2 ('military police') - de marechaussee werd ingezet 2 3 4 ('the military police was deployed')
CHB	- zich bewegen 2 ('to move' - your body) - zich branden 2 3 ('to burn oneself,' to get burned') - zich bemoeien met ('to meddle with, getting involved with something where you're not wanted') - zich beheersen 2 3 ('to control yourself, have a grip on your emotions') reflexive verbs exmples
CHE	- Doetinchem (a town) - zich ergeren 2 ('to be annoyed') ‑>> French CH: - (het) cachet 2 ('~class') - manchet ('cuff') - manchetknopen ('cufflinks') - (de) chef 2 ('boss, manager, supervisor') - chef-kok 2 ('chef') - cheque ('check' - money transfer) The king-castle move rokeren  in chess is sometimes written as rocheren  but not pronounced with CH, and its O is variously pronounced 'long' or 'short:' rokeren /
CHEE	- (de) chemie 2 ('chemistry') ‑>> - (de) chemicus 2 ('chemist,' scientist working in chemistry) - chemisch / chemische 2 ('chemical')
CHEuh	- (het) lachebekje 2 ('a person, usually a girl, with a quick laugh') - lachen 2 ('to laugh') ‑>> - (de) kachel ('heater, stove') - Mechelen (a city in Belgium) - giechelen 2 ('to giggle') - Walcheren 2 (former island in the province of Zeeland 2 ['Sea-land']) - Lochem (a town) - (de) goochelaar ('magician,' performer of magic tricks) - Barchem 2 (a village) - kuchen 2 3 ('to cough') - juichen ('to cheer') German SCH: - M.C. Escher 2 3 4 5 (a graphic artist)
CHF	- Ga toch fietsen! 2 3 4 (['go ride a bike!'] - usually an exclamation of frustration with someone, like 'I don't believe you, stop bothering me, go take a hike')
CHG	- (het) lachgas 2 ('laughing gas' - nitrous oxide) - god noch gebod ([recognizing] 'neither god nor commandment'] - 'lawless') - zich gedragen 2 3 ('to behave') - zich geven 2 ('giving yourself' - means something like 'to dedicate yourself to a noble goal'
CHH	- zich haasten ('to hurry') - zich hechten aan 2 ('to become emotionally attached to') - zich herinneren ('to remember') ‑>>
CHI	- Joachim Gijsen 2 (17th Century sailor/pirate) - Joachim Patinir 2 (painter ~1480-1524) - Joachim Wtewael 2 3 (painter 1566‑1638) ‑>> French CH: - (de) chimpanzee ('chimpanzee')
CHIE	- (de) parochie 2 ('parish') - (de) psychiater (psy-chi-) ('psychiatrist') - (het) parochieblaadje 2 ('parish newsletter') - Tsjechië ('The Czech Republic') - (het) archief ('archive') - Michiel (a boys' name) - Annechien 2 / Lammechien 2 3 (girls' names) - (de) archipel 2 ('archipelago') - psychisch 2 3 4 ('psychological, mental') French CH: - China ('China' - the country) - (de) Chinees 2 ('Chinese person') - (de) machine 2 ('machine') - (de) boormachine ('electric drill') - (de) grasmachine 2 ('lawn mower') - nietmachines ('staplers') - (de) afwasmachine 2 ('dishwasher') - (het) machientje 2 3 4 ('small machine, gadget') - (de) chirurg ('surgeon') - (de) kaakchirurg 2 ([jaw] 'oral surgeon') - (de) architect 2 3 ('architect')
CHJ	- (het) lachje 2 ('small laugh, smile') - (het) kuchje 2 3 ('small cough') French CH: - (het) sketchje 2 ('short comedy piece, skit')
CHK	- kind noch kraai (saying) ['neither child nor crow'] - 'having neither family ties nor possessions, very poor' - Toch konden ze goed samenwerken ('Still - despite something mentioned before - they were able to work together well')
CHL	- (het) chloor ('chlorine, Cl')
CHN	- (de) technicus 2 3 ('technician, engineer') - technici 2 3 ('technicians, engineers') - technisch inzicht 2 3 4 ([technical insight] - a good understanding of technology, how mechanical things work, how to handle tools) - Dat kan toch niet! 2 3 y[That cannot be!] How can it be? It shouldn't be possible!
CHO	- zich omdraaien 2 3 4 ('to turn around' - standing up // 'to turn over' - lying down, like in bed) - zich omkleden ('to change' - clothes) - Hou toch op! 2 Now stop that nonsense! Shut up! I'm sick and tired or your talking French CH: - (de) capuchon ('hood')
CHOO	- (de) echo 2 3 ('echo') - (de) cholera 2 ('cholera') - melancholiek 2 ('melancholic') - (de) psycholoog 2 ('psychologist') - Tsjechoslowakije ('Czechoslovakia') - psychosomatisch 2 ('psychosomatic') - zich overgeven 2 ('to surrender') French CH: - (de) chocola ('chocolate') - (het) chocolaatje 2 ('piece of chocolate - (de) chocolademelk 2 3 ('chocolate milk') - (de) warme chocola 2 3 4 5 ('hot chocolate')
CHP	English CH: - (de) luchchpauze 2 ('luchch break')
CHR	- chromatisch ('chromatic') - music - (het) chromosoom ('chromosome') - chronisch ('chronical') - 't Is chronisch 2 ('It's chronical') - chroom ('chrome') - chrysanten ('chrysanthemums') Most Dutch people say a K for the CH in Christus ('Christ') and related names and words: christelijk ("christian") - Christien ('girls' name') - Chris ('boys' name') But a small group of very orthodox protestants say these words and names with Dutch CH: christelijk ("christian")
CHS	- zich schamen 2 3 ('to be ashamed') - Baruch Spinoza 2 3 4 ('Spinoza') - Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot 2 3 (painter, ~1585-1666)
CHT	- (de) acht ('8') - achtentachtig ('88') - één achtste 2 ('⅛') - (de) achtbaan ('rollercoaster') - achter ('behind, back, rear') ‑>> - (de) achtergrond 2 ('background') - (het) ambacht ('handicraft, trade') - (de) gedachte ('thought') ‑>> - verdacht 2 3 ('suspect, suspicious') - (de/het) jacht ('hunt' // 'yacht') - (de) klacht ('complaint') ‑>> - (het) slachtoffer 2 3 ('victim') - (de) macht ('power') ‑>> - (de) nacht ('night') ‑>> - prachtig 2 / prachtig/prachtige 2 ('beautiful, great, enjoyable') - tachtig ('80') - (de) vacht 2 ('fur, pelt, fleece') - (de) schildwacht 2 3 ('sentry') - (de) lijfwacht 2 ('bodyguard') - de Nachtwacht 2 'the Night Watch' - Rembrandt's famous painting ‑>> - 2 - zacht / zachte 2 / zacht/zachte ('soft') ‑>> - echt 2 3 / echte 2 / echt/echte 2 ('real') - echter 2 3 ('however, nevertheless, but, yet') ‑>> - (de) echtgenote ('wife') - (de) echtgenooot ('husband') - (het) echtpaar ('married couple') - (de) hechting ('suture, medical stitch') - plural: - hechtingen 2 3 - (de) vlecht 2 ('braid') - amechtig ('out of breath') - (de) knecht 2 ('servant') - (de) specht 2 3 4 ('woodpecker' - a bird) - recht 2 ('straight') - rechts ('right' - not left) - (de) trechter 2 3 ('funnel') - slechtst / slechtste ('worst') - (het) gevecht 2 3 ('fight') - dicht / dichte ('closed') ‑>> - (de) dichter 2 ('poet') - (de) jicht 2 3 ('gout') - (het) licht ('light') ‑>> - licht / lichte 2 3 ('light') ‑>> - (de) lichting 2 ('batch, class, collection') - (de) nicht / - (het) nichtje ('niece'// 'cousin' - femsle) - spichtig 2 3 ('wispy, spidery') - (het) bericht ('message') - (de) richting 2 ('direction') - (de) richtlijn 2 3 ('directive') - schichtig 2 3 ('skittish, nervous, shy') - (de) stichting 2 ('foundation, corporation' // 'founding, creation, start, establishment') - Sticht (old name for the province of - Utrecht 2 3 4 - (het) gewicht ('weight') - (het) evenwicht 2 3 ('equilibrium, balance') - (het) zicht ('view' // 'visibility, viz') - (het) gezicht 2 ('face' // 'view') - (de) biecht ('confession' - catholic) - (de) smiecht 2 ('rogue' - Southern slang) - Ochten 2 3 (a village) - (de) ochtend ('morning') - (de) bocht 2 3 4 ('curve' - in road) - (de) dochter ('daughter') - (de) achterdocht 2 3 ('suspicion, mistrust') - achterdochtig 2 3 ('suspicious, suspecting, mistrusting') - (het) gedrocht 2 ('misshapen animal, monster') - (de) tocht ('a difficult journey or a military campaign // a 'draft,' undesirable chilling airflow in a room') - (het) vocht 2 ('liquid, fluid, juice') - vochtig 2 ('damp') zoeken to search, seek - zocht searched, sought - gezocht searched, sought 2 ‑>> - Merchtem (a town in Belgium) - (het) voorgeborchte ('limbo') ‑>> - (de) burcht 2 3 4 ('castle, stronghold') - duchtig 2 ('thorough, sound, good') - (het) gehucht 2 ('hamlet') - (de) lucht 2 ('air' // 'sky') - nuchter 2 3 ('rational, not emotional' // 'fasting,' empty stomach) - berucht 2 3 ('infamous') - (het) gerucht 2 ('rumor') - (de) vrucht / vruchten 2 ('fruit' / 'fruits') ‑>> - (de) zucht 2 3 4 5 ('sigh')
CHU	- ((de) Christelijk-Historische Unie - CHU 2 ('a former party of protestants))
CHUI	- zich uiten 2 3 ('to express yourself, to speak up') - zich uitspreken 2 3 ('to speak out, stating an opinion') - zich uitstrekken over 2 3 ('to span, extend over')
CHV	- (de) pechvogel 2 ([bad-luck bird] 'a person who has much bad luck') - vis noch vlees 2 (saying) (['neither fish or meat'] - English says 'fish nor fowl' - 'difficult to identify') - zich vervelen 2 ('to be bored') ‑>> - zich voelen ('~to feel') ‑>>
CHW	- zich wassen 2 ('to wash yourself, wash up')
CHZ	- zichzelf 2 ('yourself, oneself') ‑>> - zich zorgen maken 2 ('to worry') ‑>>

intro -CH	- ach! (exclamation) - (de) pech 2 3 ('bad luck') ‑>> - zich ('yourself, oneself') ‑>> - och! ('exclamation') - toch 2 ('still, yet, nevertheless' // 'anyway') ‑>> - (de) kuch 2 ('cough')
ACH	- ach (exlamation of pity or bad luck) - (de) acht ('8') - achtentachtig ('88') - (het) ambacht ('handicraft, trade') - (de) aandacht 2 ('attention') - hachelen ('to eat' greedily - old-fashioned slang) - (de) lach ('laugh') ‑>> - (de) glimlach 2 3 ('smile') - (het) lachje 2 ("small laugh") - (de) aanklacht 2 3 4 ('indictment,' official complaint or accusation) - (de) macht ('power') ‑>> - Machteld (a girls' name) - (de) nacht ('night') ‑>> - 's nachts 2 3 ('at night') - krampachtig 2 ('forced, frantic,' "not flowing") - (de) gracht ('city canal') - plural: - grachten 2 3 ('canals') - (de) vracht 2 3 ('cargo,' "load") - Drachten (a town) - (de) vacht 2 ('fur, pelt, fleece') - [(de)] wacht ('guard' // 'wait!') - Zacharias ('biblical name') - zacht / zachte 2 / zacht/zachte ('soft') ‑>>
ECH	- (de) echo 2 3 ('echo') - echt 2 3 / echte 2 / echt/echte 2 ('real') - echter 2 3 ('however, nevertheless, but, yet') ‑>> - slecht / slechte 2 / slecht/slechte 2 ('bad') ‑>> - Mechelen (a city in Belgium) - (de) knecht 2 ('servant') - (de) pech 2 ('bad luck') ‑>> - (de) pechvogel 2 ([bad-luck bird] 'a person who has much bad luck') - recht 2 ('straight') - rechts ('right' - not left) - (de) technicus 2 3 ('technician, engineer') - technici 2 3 ('technicians, engineers') - (het) gevecht 2 3 ('fight') - vechten 2 ('to fight') ‑>> French CH: - (de) crèche ('children's daycare center')
EuhCH	- Annechien 2 / Lammechien 2 3 (girls' names)
ICH	- dicht / dichte ('closed') ‑>> - (de) dichter 2 ('poet') - (het) dichtertje ('little poet') - (de) jicht 2 3 ('gout') - (het) lichaam ('body') - lichamelijk / lichamelijke 2 ('bodily, physical') - (het) licht ('light') ‑>> - licht / lichte 2 3 ('light') ‑>> - (de) nicht / (het) nichtje ('niece'// 'cousin' - female) - spichtig 2 3 ('wispy, spidery') - (het) bericht ('message') - (de) richting 2 ('direction') - (de) richtlijn 2 3 ('directive') - schichtig 2 3 ('skittish, nervous, shy') - (de) stichting 2 ('foundation, corporation' // 'founding, start, creation, establishment') - Sticht (old name for the province of - Utrecht 2 3 4 - (de) wichelroede ('divining rod') - (het) gewicht ('weight') - (het) evenwicht 2 3 ('equilibrium, balance') - zich ('yourself, oneself') ‑>> - (het) zicht ('view' // 'visibility, viz') - (het) gezicht 2 ('face' // 'view') - (het) inzicht ('insight, undeerstanding')
IECH	- (de) biecht ('confession' - catholic) - (de) biechtvader 2 ('father confessor'- catholic) - giechelen 2 ('to giggle') - (de) smiecht 2 ('rogue' - Southern slang) Hear also - YCH below
IJCH	The IJ of the town of Wijchen 2 is pronounced as EE, Dutch 'long I, IE'
KCH	French CH: - (de) kaakchirurg 2 ([jaw] 'oral surgeon')
LCH	- Walcheren 2 (former island in the province of Zeeland 2 ['Sea-land']) ‑>>
NCH	- melancholiek 2 ('melancholic') - Doetinchem (a town)
OCH	- och! ('exclamation') - Ochten 2 3 (a village) - (de) bocht 2 3 4 ('curve' in road) - (de) dochter ('daughter') - (de) achterdocht 2 3 ('suspicion, mistrust') - (het) joch ('an unpleasant boy') - Jochem (a boys' name) - Lochem (a town) - noch ('nor' - old-fashioned) - (de) pocher 2 ('boastful person') - (de) parochie 2 ('parish') - (het) wangedrocht 2 ('misshapen, disgusting monster') - 's ochtends 2 3 ('in the morning') - toch 2 ('still, yet, nevertheless' // 'anyway') ‑>> - (de) tocht ('a difficult journey or a military campaign' // a 'draft,' undesirable chilling airflow in a room') - (het) vocht 2 ('liquid, fluid, juice') Hou toch op! 2 'Now stop that nonsense! Shut up! I'm sick and tired or your talking'
OOCH	- (de) goochelaar ('magician,' performer of magic tricks) - goochem ('clever, sensible' - slang) - wij loochenen 2 ('we deny the truth of, we disclaim')
OUCH	Frech CH, French OU: - (de) douche ('shower') - ik douche 2 ('I'm showering')
PCH	French CH: - een reep chocola 2 ('a bar of chocolate')
RCH	- Barchem 2 (a village) - Merchtem (a town in Belgium) - (het) archief ('archive') - (de) archipel 2 ('archipelago') - (het) voorgeborchte ('limbo') ‑>> - (de) burcht 2 3 4 ('castle, stronghold') French CH: - (de) architect 2 3 ('architect')
SCH	- 't Is chronisch 2 ('It's chronical') The CH in SCHR is pronounced as H, 'an aspiration,' breathing out, for instance: - schrijven 2 3 ('to write' ‑>>) more about SCHR from the SCH page: - (het) schap ('shelf' - in a shop) - (het) schaap ('sheep' - 1) - (de) schep ('shovel, spade // scoop') - (het) scheepje ('small ship') - (het) schip ('ship') - schier 2 3 4 5 ('almost' - old-fashioned) - (de) schop ('shovel, spade // a kick') - (de) school ('school') - (de) schurk 2 3 ('rogue') - (de) schuur 2 ('large shed,' like on a farm) - (de) schout 2 ('Medieval city official: judge & police chief) - scheiding ('separation, divorce') - (de) scheur ('a tear, a rip') - (de) schoen ('shoe') - schuin 2 ('diagonally, slanted')
TCH	- Potchefstroom (a town in South Africax) - het chemisch jaarboekje 2 ('chemical almanac') French CH: - (het) sketchje 2 ('short comedy piece, skit')
UCH	- duchtig 2 ('thorough, sound, good') - (de) hucht 2 3 ('hill' -or- 'slope, incline' - dialect) - (het) gehucht 2 ('hamlet') - (de) kuch 2 ('cough') - (het) kuchje 2 3 ('small cough') - (de) lucht 2 ('air' // 'sky') - vlucht ('flight' // 'escape') - vluchten ('to flee // to escape') - (de) vluchteling 2 ('refugee') - nuchter 2 3 ('rational, not emotional' // 'fasting,' empty stomach) - berucht 2 3 ('infamous') - (het) gerucht 2 ('rumor') - (de) vrucht / vruchten 2 ('fruit' / 'fruits') ‑>> - (de) zucht 2 3 4 5 ('sigh')
UICH	- (de) huichelaar 2 3 ('hypocrite') - juichen ('to cheer') all-French: - (de) quiche quiche
YCH	- (de) psychiater (psy-chi-) ('psychiatrist') - psychisch 2 3 4 ('psychological, mental') - (de) psycholoog 2 ('psychologist') - Wychert 2 (a boys' name)

French CH repeated

- (de) sjouwer (a worker

- (de) architect 2 3 ('architect') - (de) broche ('brooch') - (het) cachet 2 ('~class') - (de) capuchon ('hood') - chagerijnig 2 - also said as: - sagerijnig 2 ('in a bad mood') - champignons ('"button" mushrooms') - (de) chantage 2 ('blackmail') - chanteren 2 ('to blackmail') - Charlot / Charlotte (girls' names) - (de) charme ('charm') - charmant ('charming') - (de) chauffeur 2 ('driver' - car, bus, truck) - (de) buschauffeur 2 3 ('bus driver') - (de) chef 2 ('boss, manager, supervisor') - chef-kok 2 ('chef') - cheque ('check' - money transfer) - (de) chimpanzee ('chimpanzee') - China ('China' - the country) - (de) Chinees 2 ('Chinese person') - (de) chirurg ('surgeon') - (de) chocola ('chocolate') - (het) chocolaatje 2 ('piece of chocolate') - (de) chocolademelk 2 3 ('chocolate milk') - (de) warme chocola 2 3 4 5 ('hot chocolate') - (de) crèche ('children's daycare center') - (de) douche ('shower') - ik douche 2 ('I'm showering') - (de) gouache ('gouache') - (de) kaakchirurg 2 ([jaw] 'oral surgeon') - (de) machine 2 ('machine') - (de) boormachine ('electric drill') - (de) grasmachine 2 ('lawn mower') - nietmachines ('staplers') - (de) afwasmachine 2 ('dishwasher') - (het) machientje 2 3 4 ('small machine, gadget') - manchet ('cuff') - manchetknopen ('cufflinks') - (de) marechaussee ('military police') - de marechaussee werd ingezet 2 3 4 ('the military police was deployed') - (de) quiche quiche - een reep chocola 2 ('a bar of chocolate') - Richard 2 (a boys' name) - (het) sketchje 2 ('short comedy piece, skit')

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