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Dutch EU click to hear - Skip General Series Introduction

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Learning Vocabulary

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

Dutch spelling/pronunciation rules say that: So (de) man click to hear 2 ('man, human adult male) has the plural mannen (man-nen) click to hear 2 while (de) maan click to hear 2 ('moon') has the plural manen (ma-nen) click to hear 2 3

'Long' and 'short' are traditional terms. The difference is actually more of tone than length
More about spelling and pronunciation - another version
Learn the Rules by Studying and Listening to Examples

Major Exceptions to the Phonetic Spelling of Dutch:
- Page 1:   een   -IG   -ISCH   -LIJK  
- Page 2:   -B   -D   SCHR   -TIE   UW   WR

Hear the Dutch Letters in Hundreds of Words:
 AU/OU  CH  E  EI/IJ  EU  F  G  H  L  OE  SCH  U  UI  W  X  Y

'Master Lists' of Dutch words: Dutch to English - English to Dutch

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

EU in Dutch

(de) eu click to hear
in geuren en kleuren click to hear 2 (3) (['with smells and colors'] - 'a lively, extensive description')
tegen heug en meug click to hear ('under protest' - being forced to do something, like having to eat something you really don't like)
- (de) speurneus click to hear 2 3 ('[~search-nose] sleuth, investigating person')
- (de) neusbreuk click to hear 2 3 ('nose crack,' 'broken nose' - a made-up word - Dutchmen can do that)
Ik ben 't beu click to hear I'm sick of it, I'm tired of it, I've had enough, I can't stand it anymore
Wat sneu! click to hear 2 Such a pity! (I'm sorry it ended that way)
English does not have a sound like Dutch EU, but French has a sound like Dutch EU in words like deux click to hear (French: '2') and German has a sound like it in some words with Ö or OE like Gödel click to hear (a mathematician) - schön click to hear 2 3 (German: 'beautiful, good') and Goethe click to
hear

 EU- to ZEU- 
 -EU to -EUZ 
 Exceptions 
 Compared to Other Vowels and Diphthongs 

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

- first series: EU to ZEU - second series: -EU to EUZ

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.

0EU  - (de) euro click to hear 2 ('euro') - Europa click to hear ('Europe')
BEU  - (de) beugel click to hear 2 ('brace') - beuk click to hear ('beech (a tree)') - beuken click to hear ('beeches' - trees // 'to batter, pound') - (de) beul click to hear ('hangman, executioner') - (de) beunhaas click to hear 2 3 4 ('unlicensed worker') - gebeuren click to hear ('to happen' ‑>>) - (de) beurs click to hear ('purse' - old-fashioned) // 'scholarship' // 'exchange, market') - (de) beurt click to hear ('turn - oportunity, obligation' - in a game, in a queue) - (de) gebeurtenis click to hear ('event, happening')
- Beumer click to hear 2 3 ('a family name')
DEU  - (de) deugd click to hear 2 3 ('virtue,' 'good' behavior) - ondeugend click to hear 2 3 4 ('naughty, misbehaving' - children) - (de) deuk click to hear 2 ('dent') - (het) deukje click to hear 2 ('small dent') - (het) deuntje click to hear ('a ditty,' [little tune]) - deur click to hear 2 ('door') - deuvels click to hear ('dowels' - carpentry)
- Deurne click to hear (a village)
EEU  - (de) spreeuw click to hear 2 ('starling' - a bird) see EEUW in U for more
FEU  - (de) chauffeur click to hear 2 ('driver' - car, truck, bus - French AU) - (de) buschauffeur click to hear 2 3 ('bus driver') - (de) feut click to hear ('new college student to be hazed' - slang)
GEU  - (de) geur click to hear 2 3 4 ('smell, odor') - geurig click to hear 2 ('having a noticeable nice smell') - (het) geurtje click to hear 2 3 ([little] 'smell, scent,' usually of perfume or cologne) - geul click to hear ('ditch, channel') - (de) geus click to hear ('Dutch 16th Century rebel against Spanish rule) - geuzen click to hear 2 (Dutch 'minutemen, revolutionaries')
- Geurt click to hear (a boys' name) - De Geus click to hear 2 3 (a family name)
HEU  - (het) geheugen click to hear 2 3 ('memory' - the brain faculty) - (de) heup click to hear ('hip') - heus click to hear ('really' - children's talk) - (de) heuvel click to hear / heuvels click to hear 2 ('hill/hills')
- Verheul click to hear 2 3 (a family name) - Opheusden click to hear (a village) - Van Heusden click to hear 2 (a family name)
IEU  - modieus click to hear ('fashionable') - mysterieus click to hear 2 3 ('mysterious, enigmatic') - IEU under U has more
JEU  The I in the word from French - (het) milieu click to hear 2 ('the Environment') is pronounced as Dutch J.
- (de) jeugd click to hear 2 ('youth') - (de) jeuk click to hear ('an itch') - jeuken click to hear 2 ('to itch') - (de) mitrailleur click to hear 2 ('machine gun' - French LL sounds like Dutch J) - majeur  (French J) click to hear 2 3 (4) ('major' - music)
- (het) Tjeukemeer click to hear (a lake)
KEU  - (de) keuken click to hear 2 ('kitchen') - (de) keur click to hear ('~choice') - (de) likeur click to hear 2 ('sweet liquor') - keurig click to hear ('neat, tidy, proper, nice') - nauwkeurig click to hear ('precise') - (de) keuring click to hear 2 ('inspection, testing') - (de) bekeuring click to hear 2 ('fine, ticket') - (de) keus click to hear / (de) keuze click to hear ('choice')
- Keulen click to hear ('Köln, Cologne')
LEU  - sleuf click to hear ('a dry ditch') - (de) vleugel click to hear ('wing' // 'grand piano') - (het) vleugje click to hear 2 ('whiff' - of perfume, for instance) - (de) leugen click to hear ('a lie') - leugens click to hear 2 ('lies') - leuk click to hear 2 3 4 5 / leuke click to hear / leuk/leuke click to hear 2 3 ('enjoyable, nice, pleasant, entertaining' // 'funny, amusing' // 'pretty, attractive') - (de) souffleur click to hear ('stage whisperer' - French OU) - (de) kleun click to hear ('a punch, a hit') - (de) kleur click to hear 2 / kleuren click to hear ('color'/'colors') ‑>> - kleurloos click to hear 2 ('colorless, pale, drab, bland') - (de) sleur click to hear 2 3 ('rut' - boring, bad routine) - teleurgesteld click to hear 2 3 ('disappointed') - teleurstellend click to hear ('disappointing') - (de) teleurstelling click to hear 2 ('disapppointment') - (de) sleutel click to hear ('key' - lock/wrench/music - 'clef') - sleutels click to hear ('keys') - (de) kleuter click to hear ('a small child' - 4-6 yrs) - (de) leuze click to hear ('slogan')
- Etten-Leur click to hear ('a village')
MEU  - meubels click to hear ('furniture') - smeuïg click to hear 2 (appetizing food or a story that goes down easily) - smeulen click to hear 2 ('to smolder' - fire) - (het) humeur click to hear 2 3 ('mood') - (de) programmeur click to hear 2 ('programmer')
- Meulebeke click to hear (a town in Belgium)
NEU  - sneu click to hear 2 3 ('a pity') - mineur click to hear ('minor' - music) - neuriën click to hear 2 3 ('to hum') - neus click to hear ('nose') - gekneusd click to hear 2 3 ('bruised') - (de) neut click to hear ('glass of liquor' - slang) - neutraal click to hear 2 ('neutral') - (de) kneuterigheid click to hear ('small-mindedness') - neuzen click to hear 2 ('noses')
- Terneuzen click to hear (a village)
PEU  - peul click to hear 2 ('a pod' - peas, beans) - (de) peulvrucht click to hear 2 3 ('[pod- fruit] - 'legume, ~bean') - (het) gepeupel click to hear 2 ('rabble, mob, riff-raff') - (de) peut click to hear ('gasoline, gas' - slang) - (de) peuter click to hear 2 ('a small child' - 2-3 yrs)
REU  - (de) vreugde click to hear ('joy') - breuk click to hear 2 ('crack, breach; fraction') - onkreukbaar click to hear 2 ('incorruptible, cannot be bribed') - kreukels click to hear 2 ('creases' in fabric) - (de) spreuk click to hear ('a saying, stock expression') - (het) reuma click to hear 3 4 ('~arthritis') - (de) dreumes click to hear ('a small child' - affectionately) - (de) dreun click to hear ('a thud, a whack') - kreunen click to hear ('to moan, to groan') - kreupel click to hear 2 ('crippled, lame') - (de) coureur click to hear ('racer' - car, motorcycle - French OU) - betreuren click to hear 2 ('to regret, lament') - treurig click to hear / treurige click to hear) ('sad, melancholy, tragic, unfortunate') - (de) treurnis click to hear ('sorrow, sadness, melancholy - deplorable, depressing circumstances) - preuts click to hear ('prudish') - (de) reus click to hear / reuzen click to hear ('giant/giants') - reuze! click to hear ('great!') - (de) reuzel click to hear ('lard, pork fat') - reuzen click to hear ('giants')
- Breukelen click to hear 2 (a town - became 'Brooklyn' in America) - Kreuk click to hear 2 (a family name)
SEU  - (de) regisseur click to hear 2 3 ('director' - movie, stage play)
SCHEU  - (de) scheur click to hear ('a tear, a rip') - gescheurd click to hear ('torn, ripped') - scheuren click to hear 2 ('to tear, rip') - (de) scheut click to hear 2 ('shoot, sprout' - new growth on plant or tree // 'jab' - of pain // 'dash, splash' - of liquid)
TEU  - (de) teugel click to hear 2 / teugels click to hear ('rein'/'reins' - horse mangagement) - (de) steun click to hear ('support') - (de) amateur click to hear 2 ('amateur,' not a professional) - (de) formateur click to hear 2 / (de) informateur click to hear 2 (politician involved in cabinet formation) - (de) acteur click to hear 2 ('actor') - (de) directeur click to hear 2 ('manager, director') - (de) conducteur click to hear ('conductor' - train, tram) - (de) monteur click to hear 2 ('mechanic')
- Teun click to hear 2 (boys' name) - Teunis click to hear (boys' name)
UEU  - majestueus click to hear 2 ('majestic')
VEU  - veulen click to hear ('a foal, young horse') - nerveus click to hear 2 ('nervous')
- Veurne click to hear (a city in Belgium)
ZEU  - (de) zeug click to hear ('sow' - lady pig) - zeulen click to hear ('to carry with difficulty or displeasure') - (de) adviseur click to hear 2 ('advisor' - S pronounced as Z) - zeuren click to hear 2 3 ('to nag') - (de) zeurpiet click to hear ( a person who nags a lot, complains about everything) - zeuven click to hear ('7' - old-fashioned)

EU0  - (het) milieu click to hear 2 ('the Environment' - this French I is pronounced as Dutch J) - sneu click to hear 2 3 ('a pity')
- André Rieu click to
     hear (a musician and music director)
EUB  - meubels click to hear ('furniture')
EUF  - sleuf click to hear ('a dry ditch')
EUG  - (de) zeug click to hear ('sow' - lady pig) - (de) deugd click to hear 2 3 ('virtue,' 'good' behavior) - ondeugend click to hear 2 3 4 ('naughty, misbehaving' - children) - (de) jeugd click to hear 2 ('youth') - (de) vreugde click to hear ('joy') - (de) beugel click to hear 2 ('brace') - (de) vleugel click to hear ('wing' // 'grand piano') - (de) teugel click to hear 2 / teugels click to hear ('rein'/'reins' - horse mangagement) - (het) vleugje click to hear 2 ('whiff' - of perfume, for instance) - (de) leugen click to hear ('a lie') - leugens click to hear 2 ('lies') - (het) geheugen click to hear 2 3 ('memory' - the brain faculty) Tegen heug en meug click to hear (saying - 'Doing something under strong protest, like having to eat something you really don't like')
EUI  - smeuïg click to hear 2 (appetizing food or a story that goes down easily)
EUK  - beuk click to hear ('beech (a tree)') - beuken click to hear ('beeches' - trees // 'to batter, pound') - (de) deuk click to hear 2 ('dent') - (het) deukje click to hear 2 ('small dent') - (de) jeuk click to hear ('an itch') - jeuken click to hear 2 ('to itch') - (de) keuken click to hear 2 ('kitchen') - leuk click to hear 2 3 4 5 / leuke click to hear / leuk/leuke click to hear 2 3 ('enjoyable, nice, pleasant, entertaining' // 'funny, amusing' // 'pretty, attractive') - breuk click to hear 2 ('crack, breach; fraction') - onkreukbaar click to hear 2 ('incorruptible, cannot be bribed') - kreukels click to hear 2 ('creases' in fabric) - (de) spreuk click to hear ('a saying, stock expression')
- (het) Tjeukemeer click to hear (a lake) - Breukelen click to hear 2 (a town - became 'Brooklyn' in America) - Kreuk click to hear 2 (a family name)
EUL  - (de) beul click to hear ('hangman, executioner') - geul click to hear ('ditch, channel') - smeulen click to hear 2 ('to smolder, burn slowly' - fire) - peul click to hear 2 ('a pod' - peas, beans) - (de) peulvrucht click to hear 2 3 ('[pod- fruit] - 'legume, ~bean') - veulen click to hear ('a foal, young horse') - zeulen click to hear ('to carry with difficulty or displeasure')
- Verheul click to hear 2 3 (a family name) - Keulen click to hear ('Köln, Cologne') - Meulebeke click to hear (a town in Belgium)
EUM  - (het) reuma click to hear 3 4 ('~arthritis') - (de) dreumes click to hear ('a small child' - affectionately)
- Beumer click to hear 2 3 ('a family name')
EUN  - (de) kleun click to hear ('a punch, a hit') - (de) steun click to hear ('support') - (de) beunhaas click to hear 2 3 4 ('unlicensed worker') - (het) deuntje click to hear ('a ditty,' [little tune]) - (de) dreun click to hear ('a thud, a whack') - kreunen click to hear ('to moan, to groan')
- Teun click to hear 2 (boys' name) - Teunis click to hear (boys' name)
EUP  - (de) heup click to hear ('hip') - (het) gepeupel click to hear 2 ('rabble, mob, riff-raff') - kreupel click to hear 2 ('crippled, lame')
EUR  - deur click to hear 2 ('door') - (de) chauffeur click to hear 2 ('driver' - car, truck, bus - French AU) - (de) buschauffeur click to hear 2 3 ('bus driver') - (de) geur click to hear 2 3 4 ('smell, odor') - (de) keur click to hear ('~choice') - (de) likeur click to hear 2 ('sweet liquor') - (de) souffleur click to hear ('stage whisperer' - French OU) - (de) kleur click to hear 2 ('color') ‑>> - (de) souffleur click to hear ('stage whisperer' - French OU) - (de) mitrailleur click to hear 2 ('machine gun' - French LL sounds like Dutch J) - majeur  (French J) click to hear 2 3 (4) ('major' - music) - (de) sleur click to hear 2 3 ('rut' - boring, bad routine) - (het) humeur click to hear 2 3 ('mood') - (de) programmeur click to hear 2 ('programmer') - mineur click to hear ('minor' - music) - (de) coureur click to hear ('racer' - car, motorcycle - French OU) - (de) regisseur click to hear 2 3 ('director' - movie, stage play) - (de) scheur click to hear ('a tear, a rip') - (de) amateur click to hear 2 ('amateur,' not a professional) - (de) formateur click to hear 2 / (de) informateur click to hear 2 (politician involved in cabinet formation) - (de) acteur click to hear 2 ('actor') - (de) directeur click to hear 2 ('manager, director') - (de) conducteur click to hear ('conductor' - train, tram) - (de) monteur click to hear 2 ('mechanic') - (de) adviseur click to hear 2 ('advisor' - S pronounced as Z)
- gescheurd click to hear ('torn, ripped') - gebeuren click to hear ('to happen' ‑>>) - betreuren click to hear 2 ('to regret, lament') - kleuren click to hear ('colors') - scheuren click to hear 2 ('to tear, rip') - zeuren click to hear 2 3 ('to nag') - teleurgesteld click to hear 2 3 ('disappointed') - geurig click to hear 2 ('having a noticeable nice smell') - keurig click to hear ('neat, tidy, proper, nice') - nauwkeurig click to hear ('precise') - (de) keuring click to hear 2 ('inspection, testing') - (de) bekeuring click to hear 2 ('fine, ticket') - treurig click to hear / treurige click to hear) ('sad, melancholy, tragic, unfortunate') - neuriën click to hear 2 3 ('to hum') - (de) zeurkous click to hear ('an annoying talker') - kleurloos click to hear 2 ('colorless, pale, drab, bland') - (de) treurnis click to hear ('sorrow, sadness, melancholy - deplorable, depressing circumstances) - (de) zeurpiet click to hear ( a person who nags a lot, complains about everything) - (de) beurs click to hear ('purse' - old-fashioned) // 'scholarship' // 'exchange, market') - teleurstellend click to hear ('disappointing') - (de) teleurstelling click to hear 2 ('disapppointment') - (de) beurt click to hear ('turn - oportunity, obligation' - in a game, in a queue) - (het) geurtje click to hear 2 3 ([little] 'smell, scent,' usually of perfume or cologne) - (de) gebeurtenis click to hear ('event, happening')
- in geuren en kleuren click to hear 2 (3) (['with smells and colors'] - 'a lively, extensive description')
- Etten-Leur click to hear ('a village') - Deurne click to hear (a village) - Veurne click to hear (a city in Belgium)
EUS  - (de) geus click to hear ('Dutch 16th Century rebel against Spanish rule) - heus click to hear ('really' - children's talk) - modieus click to hear ('fashionable') - mysterieus click to hear 2 3 ('mysterious, enigmatic') - IEU under U has more - (de) keus click to hear ('choice') - neus click to hear ('nose') - gekneusd click to hear 2 3 ('bruised') - (de) reus click to hear ('giant') - majestueus click to hear 2 ('majestic') - nerveus click to hear 2 ('nervous')
- De Geus click to hear 2 3 (a family name) - Opheusden click to hear (a village) - Van Heusden click to hear 2 (a family name)
EUT  - (de) feut click to hear ('new college student to be hazed' - slang) - (de) neut click to hear ('glass of liquor' - slang) - (de) scheut click to hear 2 ('shoot, sprout' - new growth on plant or tree // 'jab' - of pain // 'dash, splash' - of liquid) - (de) sleutel click to hear ('key' - lock/wrench/music - 'clef') - sleutels click to hear ('keys') - (de) kleuter click to hear ('a small child' - 4-6 yrs) - neutraal click to hear 2 ('neutral') - (de) kneuterigheid click to hear ('small-mindedness') - (de) peut click to hear ('gasoline, gas' - slang) - (de) peuter click to hear 2 ('a small child' - 2-3 yrs) - preuts click to hear ('prudish')
EUV  - deuvels click to hear ('dowels' - carpentry) - (de) heuvel click to hear / heuvels click to hear 2 ('hill/hills')
EUW  - (de) eeuw click to hear 2 3 ('century') / eeuwen click to hear 2 ('centuries') - eeuwig click to hear 2 ('eternal') see EEUW in U for more
EUZ  - (de) keuze click to hear ('choice') - reuze! click to hear ('great!') - (de) reuzel click to hear ('lard, pork fat') - geuzen click to hear 2 (Dutch 'minutemen, revolutionaries') - neuzen click to hear 2 ('noses') - reuzen click to hear ('giants')
- Terneuzen click to hear (a village)

Dutch [(het)] haar click to hear can mean both 'hair' and 'her' (third person female possessive, dative and accusative.) But the repetition in haar haar click to hear 2 ('her hair') sounds a bit funny, so some Dutch people use dialect forms instead: d'r haar click to hear 2 3 or heur haar click to hear 2 3
d'r click to hear 2 3 4 - heur click to hear

Exceptions

-EUM Ending in Words from Latin
In the -EUM ending of words from Latin, E and U pronounced separately:
(het) museum click to hear ('museum') - (de) petroleum click to hear ('petroleum' - the everyday cheap fuel) / (de) petroleum click to hear ('petroleum' - engineers' crude oil) - (het) Atheneum click to hear ('high-level High School')

EU in Words and Names from Greek
In Dutch, EU in words and names from Greek is pronounced as Dutch UI click to hear
- (de) therapeut click to hear ('therapist') - (het) pseudoniem click to hear ('pseudonym,' fictional name) - (het) eufemisme click to hear 2 ('euphemism') - (de) euthanasie click to hear 2 3 4 ('euthanasia') - (de) leukemie click to hear 2 3 ('leukemia') - therapeut / pseudodemocratie click to hear ('therapist / pseudo-democracy')
- Zeus click to hear 2 - Orpheus click to hear 2 - Zeus Odysseus Theseus click to hear - Prometheus click to hear 2

OE in Words and Names from Greek

But OE in words and names from Greek is in Dutch pronounced as EU click to hear
- (het) oedeem click to hear ('edema, oedema,' water retention) - oecumenisch click to hear 2 3 ('ecumenical') - Oedipus click to hear 2 3 (Greek mythological figure - 'U' is pronounced as OO, Dutch OE click to hear) - oedipaal click to hear ('like Oedipus')

French EUILLE
French EUILLE is said in Dutch like in the original French (phonetic Dutch UI-JE)
(de) portefeuille click to hear ('wallet') - (het) feuilleton click to hear 2 3 ('feuilleton,' - print serial)

Compared with the Other Vowels and Diphthongs

(from the Hear the Vowels and Diphthongs next to Each Other page)

A click to hear - (de) deurmat click to hear 2 3 ('door mat') - (de) geurvlag click to hear 2 3 ('smell flag' - scent marker) - (de) acteur click to hear 2 ('actor') - wat sneu! click to hear ('how sad, such a pity!')
AA click to hear - (het) reuma click to hear 2 3 ('~arthritis') - neutraal click to hear 2 ('neutral') - (de) beunhaas click to hear 2 3 4 (not properly qualified and/or tax-dodging 'black' worker, usually in contruction) - (de) vaargeul click to hear ('ship channel')
E click to hear - (de) deurbel click to hear 2 3 ('doorbell') - nerveus click to hear 2 ('nervous') - (de) terreur click to hear ('terror, terrorism')
EE click to hear - (de) breukstreep click to hear 2 3 ('fraction bar') - (de) spreekbeurt click to hear 2 3 ('speaking engagement,' lecture, speech, talk // presentation by student in school)
E-uh click to hear - (de) keuken click to hear 2 ('kitchen') - (het) geurtje click to hear 2 3 ([little] 'smell, scent,' usually of perfume or cologne) - meubels click to hear ('furniture') - (de) kleuter click to hear ('a small child' - 4-6 yrs) - (de) dreumes click to hear ('a small child' - affectionately) - jeuken click to hear 2 ('to itch') - geuzen click to hear 2 (Dutch 'minutemen, 16th Century revolutionaries') - smeulen click to hear 2 ('to smolder, burn slowly' - fire) - (de) beugel click to hear 2 ('brace') - (de) vleugel click to hear ('wing' // 'grand piano') - gekneusd click to hear 2 3 ('bruised')
I click to hear - (de) keuring click to hear 2 ('testing, test, examination, inspection') - (de) reukzin click to hear 2 ('the sense of smel') - (de) treurnis click to hear ('sorrow, sadness, melancholy' - deplorable, depressing circumstances) - (de) treurwilg click to hear ('weeping willow') - (de) schipbreuk click to hear 2 3 4 ('shipwreck, destruction of a ship')
IE click to hear - (de) zeurpiet click to hear ( a person who nags a lot, complains about everything) - niet leuk click to hear 2 3 ('not amusing, not funny, unpleasant') - (de) likeur click to hear 2 ('sweet liquor') - mineur click to hear ('minor' - music)
O click to hear - (de) deurknop click to hear ('door knob') - (de) wolkbreuk click to hear ('cloud-[break]-burst,' very heavy rain) - (de) snotneus click to hear 2 3 ('[snotty nose] 'whippersnapper,' a guy too young for his position') - (de) monteur click to hear 2 ('mechanic')
OO click to hear - (de) neushoorn click to hear 2 ('[nose-horn] rhino, rhinoceros') - kleurloos click to hear 2 ('colorless, bland') - (de) euro click to hear 2 ('euro') - (de) voordeur click to hear ('front door') - (de) voorkeur click to hear 2 ('preference')
U click to hear - (de) peulvrucht click to hear 2 ([pod-fruit] 'legume' (~bean)") - (de) schutkleur click to hear 2 3 ('camouflage color')
UU click to hear - (het) humeur click to hear 2 3 ('mood') - (de) schuurdeur click to hear ('barn door') - (de) steunmuur click to hear ('[supporting] retaining wal')
AU/OU click to hear - (de) zeurkous click to hear ('an annoying talker') - (de) houtgeur click to hear 2 3 ('wood-smell, smell of wood')
EI/IJ click to hear - kleurrijk click to hear ('[color-rich] colorful') - (het) Beursplein click to hear 2 ('the square of the Amsterdam stock exchang') - (de) breuklijn click to hear 2 (1. 'line of break, crack' 2. 'fault line') - (de) wijsneus click to hear 2 ([wise nose] a person who thinks he's wise/clever/intelligent - but who is not) - (de) reisbeurs click to hear 2 ('travel grant, traveling scholarship')
EU click to hear - (de) speurneus click to hear 2 3 ('[~search-nose] sleuth, investigating person') - (de) neusbreuk click to hear 2 3 ('nose crack,' 'broken nose' - a made-up word)
OE click to hear - (het) kleurboek click to hear 2 ('coloring book') - (de) bloedneus click to hear 2 ('nosebleed')
UI click to hear - (de) scheurbuik click to hear 2 3 ([rip-belly] 'scurvy' vitamin C deficiency) - (de) huidskleur click to hear 2 ('skin color') - (de) huisdeur click to hear 2 door')

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- Page 1:   een   -IG   -ISCH   -LIJK  
- Page 2:   -B   -D   SCHR   -TIE   UW   WR

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Gij zult niet stelen click to hear 'Thou shalt not steal'