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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
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Introduction

- schimpscheuten 2 ('unpleasant

- door schade en schande

- 'n scheve schaats

- schots en scheef

- (de) schaapscheerder ('sheep shearer')

- (de) heggeschaar ('hedge

- bergschoenen ([mountain

scheppen to create

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schiep created

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geschapen created

'Scheppen' 2 3 can also mean the less exalted 'shoveling,' and then it's a weak verb:

scheppen to shovel

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schepte shoveled

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geschept shoveled

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German SCH: schön 2 3 (German: 'beautiful, good')
- M.C. Escher 2 3 4 5 (a graphic artist)

Listen to the Examples

first series: SCHA-SCHUI
- second series: DSCH-WSCH

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. Use as few or as many examples as you like.

SCH- intro	- (de/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) - (de) scheiding ('separation, divorce') - (de) scheur ('a tear, a rip') - (de) schoen ('shoe') - schuin 2 ('diagonally, slanted')
SCHA	- Schaft 2 3 (a family name) - Goedschalk 2 3 (a family name) - schallen 2 3 4 ('to ring out, peal, blare' - trumpets, for instance) - (de) schande ('shame') ‑>> - (de/het) schap ('shelf' - in a shop) - (de) boodschap 2 3 ('message' // 'shopping item') - boodschappen 2 ('shopping') - (het) gereedschap ('tools') - (de) broederschap ('brotherhood') - beterschap! ('get well!') - scharlaken 2 3 ('scarlet') - (de) schat 2 ('treasure' // "dear") - schatten ('treasures' // 'to estimate') - bodemschatten 2 ('mineral resources') - (de) schavuit 2 3 ('rogue,' semi-criminal)
SCHAA	- Appelscha (a town) - (de) schade 2 3 ('damage') - overdaad schaadt 2 ('overabundance, excess is harmful') - beschadigd 2 ('damaged') - (de) schaduw ('shadow') - ik schaaf ('I'm planing') - (de) kaasschaaf ('cheese slicer') - beschaafd ('civilized, cultured') - (de) beschaving ('civilization') - schaven ('to plane' - smoothing wood etc.) - schaafde 2 ('planed,' smoothed wood, simple past tense singular) - schaken ('to play chess') - schaakstukken ('chess pieces') ‑>> (de) schaal 2 3 ('shallow bowl; scale') - (de) schaamte ('shame, ashamedness') - zich schamen 2 3 ('to be ashamed') ‑>> - (het) schaap ('sheep' - one) - schapen 2 ('sheep' - plural) - (de) schaar ('scissors') - plural: - scharen
SCHAU	see and hear SCHOU below
SCHE	- schel 2 3 ('harsh' - sound, light) - de Schelde 2 (a river in Belgium) - Terschelling 2 (an island) - (de) schelp 2 3 ('shell') - schenken 2 ('to pour drinks' // 'to give, donate') - (het) geschenk 2 ('gift, present' - old-fashioned) - (de) schep ('shovel, spade // scoop') - (het) schepje ('small scoop // 'spoonful') - scheppen ('to shovel, ladle' // 'to create' - like God) - (het) scherm ('screen') - (het) beeldscherm 2 ('screen' - computer, TV) - (de) Schermer 2 (a 'polder') - scherp 2 3 4 5 / scherpe 2 ('sharp // spicy') - (de) scherts 2 ('humor, jest') - (het) schetsje ('sketch, rough drawing') German SCH: - M.C. Escher 2 3 4 5 (a graphic artist)
SCHEE	- (de) schedel ('skull') - scheef / (scheef/scheve ('slanted, not horizontal') - scheef houden 2 ('to tilt,' hold at an angle) - (de) schemering 2 ('twilight') - schenen ('shins') - (het) scheepje ('small ship') - schepen ('ships') - scheren 2 3 ('to shave') - (de) scheerkwast ('shaving brush') ‑>> - Scheveningen (a town)
SCHEuh	- Enschede (a city) - note that the single E at the end of the city name is a long E - a rare exception
SCHEI	- (het) afscheid ('goodbye, leave-taking') - (de) scheiding ('separation, divorce') - (de) scheikundige 2 3 ('chemist, expert in chemistry') - (de) scheikunde ('chemistry') ‑>>
SCHEU	- (de) scheur ('a tear, a rip') - (de) scheurbuik 2 3 ([rip-belly] - 'scurvy' vitamin C deficiency) - gescheurd ('torn, ripped') - scheuren 2 ('to tear, rip') - hartverscheurend 2 ([heart- rending] - 'agonizing, major distressing') - (de) scheut 2 ('shoot, sprout' - new growth on plant or tree // 'jab' - of pain // 'dash, splash' - of liquid) - een scheutje melk ('a splash of milk') - schimpscheuten 2 ('curses,' bad things said about someone)
SCHG	The CH in the family name Witschge 2 3 is not pronounced
SCHI	- schichtig 2 3 ('skittish, nervous, shy') - ondergeschikt 2 3 ('subordinate, ~minor') - (de) schil ('peel, fruit/vegetable skin') - plural: - schillen 2 - geschilde aardappels ('peeled potatoes') - (het) schild 2 ('shield') - (de) schilder 2 ('painter') ‑>> - schilderen 2 3 ('to paint') - (het) verschil ('difference') ‑>> - verschillen 2 ('differences' // 'to differ') - verschillend / verschillende 2 ('different') - onverschillig 2 ('indifferent') - sinaasappelschillen ('orange peels') - (de) schim 2 3 ('ghost, vague apparition, phantom, wraith') - (de) schimmel 2 ('fungus' // 'white horse') - (het) schip ('ship') - (de) schipper 2 ('skipper, captain') - Schiphol (Amsterdam airport) - (het) vliegdekschip 2 ('aircraft carrier') - (het) zeilschip ('saling ship, tall ship') - (de) zelfbeschikking ('independence' - self-determination) - het houten schip ('the wooden ship') - een houten schip ('a wooden ship') - het gezonken schip ('the sunken ship')
SCHIE	- Overschie (former village, now part of Rotterdam) - Schiebergen (a family name) - Schiedam (a town) - ik ben in Schiedam 2 3 ('I'm in Schiedam') - geschiedenis ('history') - misschien ('maybe, perhaps') ‑>> - schier 2 3 4 5 ('almost' - old-fashioned) - (het) schiereiland ('peninsula') - Schiermonnikoog (an island) - schieten 2 ('to shoot') - het) schietlood ('plumb line') - schiet op! 2 ('hurry! - make haste') - (de) schietvereniging ('gun lovers' club')
SCHIJ	- (de) schijf ('disk') - (de) schijfrem 2 ('disk brake') - schijnbaar 2 3 ('apparently') ‑>> - schijnheilig 2 3 ([seemingly holy] - 'sanctimonious,' pretending to be a good person) SCHIJ also hear - SCHEI above
SCHL	- 't Groen van planten is chlorofyl 2 3 The green of plants is chlorophyll
SCHM	- Norbert Schmelzer ('a politician') - German SCH - schminken ('applying stage make-up' - German SCH
SCHO	- (de) schoffel 2 ('hoe, scuffle hoe') - onbeschoft ('rude, bad-mannered') - (de) schok ('shock') - schokken 2 3 ('shocks' // 'to shock') - Schokland (a former island) - geschokt 2 ('shocked') - schommels 2 ('swings' - playground equipment) - (de) schop ('shovel, spade // 'kick') - (de) bisschop ('bishop') - ik schopte ('I kicked') - schor 2 3 ('hoarse, husky' - voice) - (de) schorpioen 2 ('scorpion') - (de) boomschors ('bark, tree bark') - (de) schort ('apron') - (het) schot 2 ('shot') - (het) overschot 2 ('surplus') - ijsschotsen 2 ('ice floes')
SCHOO	- (de) school ('school') - schoon / schone 2 3 / - schoon/schone ('clean') ‑>> - ofschoon ('although' - old-fashioned) - (het) schorem 2 ('bad people' - slang) - Schoorl (a town) - (de) schoorsteen ('chimney') - (de) schoorsteenveger 2 3 ('chimney sweep') - (de) schoot ('lap,'  "womb") - (het) schoothondje 2 ('lap dog') - (de) schotel ('saucer') - (het) schoteltje 2 ('small saucer') - Hondschoote (a town in Belgium) - wij schoven ('we slid, ~shoved')
SCHOE	- (de) schoen / schoenen ('shoe'/'shoes') - (de) schoenmaker 2 3 ([shoe repairman] - 'cobbler') - (de/het) schoensmeer 2 ('shoe cream, shoe polish') - (het) schoentje 2 ('small, little shoe') - handschoenen 2 ('[hand-shoes] gloves') - hoge schoenen 2 3 ("high" shoes, 'ankle boots') - bergschoenen ([mountain shoes] - 'hiking boots') - gymschoenen ([gym shoes] - sneakers') - de leren schoenen 2 ('the leather shoes') - een paar schoenen 2 ('a pair of shoes')
SCHOU	- (de) schouder / schouders ('shoulder'/'shoulders') - (de) schout 2 ('Medieval city official: judge & police chief) - Schouten (a family name) - (de) schouwburg 2 ('theatre' - old-fashioned) - Schouwen-Duiveland ('a former island in the province of Zeeland 2 ['Sea-land']) ‑>> - toeschouwers 2 ('spectators,' audience to a live performance) - (de) lijkschouwing 2 3 ('autopsy' - [corpse viewing]) - Ik heb even de eeuwigheid mogen aanschouwen 2 3 [I have been allowed for a moment to view eternity] - I was allowed a brief glimpse of eternity
SCHR	The CH in SCHR is not pronounced as CH but more like an H 'aspiration,' breathing out, "an exhalation of breath" - listen to the examples. - (de) schram ('scratch') - (het) schrammetje 2 ('a very small scratch') - schrander ('clever') - schragen 2 3 4 5 ('sawhorses, gantries' // 'to support, prop up') - schraal 2 ('meager, dry, scant') - ik schreef ('I wrote' ‑>> - (de) schreeuw ('cry, shout') - schreeuwen ('to shout') - schreien ('to weep, cry, shed tears' - old-fashioned) - ik schrijf ('I'm writing') ‑>> - schriel 2 3 4 5 ('lean, thin, gaunt, scawny' // 'raw, harsh' - weather) - (de) schrijver ('writer, author') ‑>> - (de) schrik ('fright') - (de) vogelverschrikker ([scare-bird] - 'scarecrow') - (de) schrobber ('hard broom') - (de) schroef ('screw') - schroeven ('screws' // 'to screw in screws') - (de) schroom ('hesitance, fearfulness') - 'n net handschrift 2 ('neat handwriting') - (het) tijdschrift ('magazine, periodical') - plural: - tijdschriften - De Schrift ('the Bible' - old-fashioned) - (de) beschrijving 2 ('description') - (het) proefschrift 2 ('PhD thesis') - 'n brief schrijven ('writing a letter') ‑>> - wij schrokken ('we were shocked, frightened, taken aback') - (de) bankschroef ('vise') - ik zal schrijven 2 ('I'll write' - I'll stay in touch) - (het) geheimschrift 2 ('cypher,' secret writing, code) - laten schrikken 2 ('to frighten, to shock') - opschrijfboekjes 2 ('notebooks') - verschrikkelijk 2 3 4 ('terrible, horrible, very') - wortels schrapen 2 ('scraping carrots') - (ik ben) aan 't schrijven 2 3 ((I'm) 'writing') ‑>> - Wie schrijft, die blijft He/She who writes stays (in the game) - the person who keeps score always stays in the game - jocularly said about authors Compare SCHR-pronunciation with: SR: - (de) asregen 2 3 ('rain of ash') SGR: - (de) visgraat 2 3 ('fish bone') - muisgrijs 2 3 ('mouse-grey') or (de) staatsgreep ('coup') and -S CHR: - 't Is chronisch 2 ('It's chronical') More SCHR examples & discussion Compare SCH and SCHR: schaal / schraal ('~bowl / ~poor, ~dry') - schil / schril ('~skin, ~layer / shrill') - schiften / schriften ('~to separate / notebooks') - schap / schrap ('shelf / ~firmly') - schikken / schrikken 2 (-not enough space-) - schoot / schroot 2 ('lap / scrap metal') - schijven / schrijven 2 ('discs / to write') schreeuwen to cry, shout ik schreeuw I'm shouting wij schreeuwen we're shouting ik schreeuwde I shouted wij schreeuwden we shouted ik heb geschreeuwd I have shouted to be startled:   schrikken schrok geschrokken 2     wij schrokken to write:   schrijven schreef geschreven     wij schreven schrijven to write ik schrijf I'm writing wij schrijven we're writing ik schreef I wrote wij schreven we wrote ik heb geschreven I have written 2 - ‑>>
SCHU	- schudden ('to shake') - (de) schuld ('guilt' // 'debt' // 'blame') - (de) onschuld 2 ('~innocence') - schuldig 2 3 ('guilty' // 'in debt') - onschuldig 2 ('innocent' // '~harmless') - beschuldigen 2 3 ('to accuse') - zich verontschuldigen 2 3 ('to apologize, offer excuses') - (de) beschuldiging 2 ('accusation') - (de) schulpzaag ('saw for cutting along with the grain') - (de) schurk 2 3 ('rogue') - (de) boogschutter 2 ('archer') - (de) scherpschutter 2 ('sharpshooter, sniper') - (de) schutterij 2 3 ('17th Century militia & club') - (de) schutkleur 2 3 ('camouflaging color') - (de) schutting ('solid wooden fence') see and hear SCHUW below
SCHUU	- (de) schuur 2 ('large shed,' like on a farm) - (de) graanschuur ('granary, grain storage building') - ik schuur ('I'm sanding') - schuren 2 3 ('to sand') - (de) schuurdeur ('door of a large shed') - (de) schuurmachine ('sander') - (het) schuurpapier ('sandpaper') - (het) schuurtje ('small shed,' like in a yard)
SCHUW	- schuw / schuw/schuwe 2 ('very shy') - schuwer 2 ('even more shy') - (de) afschuw 2 ('horror, disgust, loathing') - afschuwelijk 2 ('awful, horrible') - waarschuwen 2 3 ('to warn') - (de) waarschuwing 2 3 ('warning') - zonder waarschuwing 2 ('without (a) warning')
SCHUI	schuifdeuren ('sliding doors') - (de) schuifmaat ('Vernier caliper - a measuring tool') - schuilen 2 ('to shelter from') - (de) schuilkelder 2 ([shelter-cellar] - 'bomb shelter') - (het) schuim ('foam') - (het) piepschuim ('[squeak-foam] - styrofoam, polystyrene' - jocular) - schuin 2 ('diagonally, slanted' // 'dirty' - jokes) - (de) schuit 2 ('ship, boat' - a bit negative) - (de) beschuit 2 3 ('crispbake, rusk') - (het) beschuitje ('an enjoyable piece of crispbake, rusk') - schuiven 2 3 ('to slide') - (het) schuivertje 2 3 ('sliding or pushing tool')

DSCH	- overdaad schaadt 2 ('overabundance, excess is harmful') - (het) gereedschap ('tools') - Goedschalk 2 3 (a family name) - (het) beeldscherm 2 ('screen' - computer, TV) - (de) handschoen ([hand-shoe] - 'glove') - handschoenen 2 ('[hand- shoes] gloves') - (de) vriendschap ('friendship,' being friends) - Hondschoote (a town in Belgium) - (de) boodschap 2 3 ('message' // 'shopping item') - boodschappen 2 ('shopping')
EuhSCH	- beschadigen ('to damage') - beschaafd ('civilized, cultured') - beschadigd 2 ('damaged') - (de) beschaving ('civilization') - beschermen ('to protect') - (de) bescherming 2 ('protection') - bescheiden ('modest') - beschikken over 2 ('to have available' // 'to decide about') - onbeschoft ('rude, bad-mannered') - (de) beschuit 2 3 ('crispbake, rusk') - (het) beschuitje ('an enjoyable piece of crispbake, rusk') - (de) beschuldiging 2 ('accusation') - beschuldigen 2 3 ('to accuse') - de Schelde 2 (a river in Belgium) - De Schepper 2 ('The Creator, the Maker' - God) - de Schepping 2 ('Creation') - De Schilderkunst ('The Art of Painting' - a Vermeer painting) - (de) heggeschaar ('hedge clipper') ('harsh' - sound, light) - (het) geschenk 2 ('gift, present' - old-fashioned) - gescheurd ('torn, ripped') - geschiedenis ('history') - geschokt 2 ('shocked') - ongeschoren 2 ('unshaven') - (de) zonneschijn 2 3 ('sunshine') - (de) lagere school 2 ([lower] 'elementary school') ‑>>
FSCH	- afscheid nemen 2 ('to take your leave,' say goodbye) - (de) afschuw 2 ('horror, disgust, loathing') - afschuwelijk 2 ('awful, horrible') - de Graafschap (another name for de Achterhoek - an area in the East of the Country) - ofschoon ('although' - old-fashioned) - 't kofschip (old ship type // grammar rule) - 't Is een grof schandaal 2 3 It's a crying shame, a major deplorable thing
CHSCH	- zich schamen 2 3 ('to be ashamed') ‑>>
GSCH	- (het) slagschip ('battleship') - (de) weegschaal ('scale, balance') - (de) heiligschennis 2 ([holiness violation] - 'sacrilege') - (de) oogschaduw ('eyeshadow') - (de) boogschutter 2 ('archer' // 'Sagittarius') - bergschoenen ([mountain shoes] - 'hiking boots')
ISCH	The very common -ISCH ending is pronounced with Dutch 'long I' (IE) (English EE) and not the 'short I' you'd expect from the spelling, and the CH is dropped. A few examples: - psychisch 2 3 4 ('psychological, mental') - tragisch 2 / tragische ('tragical') - chemisch / chemische ('chemical') ‑>> - mechanisch 2 ('mechanical') - chronisch ('chronic, chronical') many more -ISCH examples The I in - (de) snoeischaar ('pruning shears ') is pronounced as Consonant-Y (Dutch J)
IESCH	- (de) knieschijf 2 3 ('kneecap')
IJSCH	- hij schoot een pijl naar de boom ('he shot an arrow at the tree') - hij schopt de bal ('he kicks the ball') - wij schoren ('we shaved') - wij schoten ('we shot') - wij schoven ('we slid, we made slide, we shoved')
JSCH	The I in - (de) snoeischaar ('pruning shears ') is pronounced as Consonant-Y (Dutch J)
KSCH	- (de) pakschuit 2 / (de) trekschuit ('horse- or man-drawn barges.' 17th and 18th Century Holland had a network of ship channels for those barges. It was like a railroad system. According to Mrs Dodge ('Hans Brinker') the trekschuit  transported people, and the pakschuit  transported goods ('packages.') - ik schaaf ('I'm planing') - (het) vliegdekschip 2 ('aircraft carrier') - (de) kweekschool ('teaching academy' - old-fashioned)) - (de) blikschade ([tin-] - 'minor car body damage') - ik schiet ('I'm shooting') - ik schopte ('I kicked') - ik schuur ('I'm sanding') - (de) lijkschouwing 2 3 ('autopsy' - [corpse viewing])
LSCH	- (het) nagelschaartje 2 ('nail clippers, small scissors) - Appelscha (a town) - sinaasappelschillen ('orange peels') - (het) gezelschap 2 ('company') - (het) zeilschip ('saling ship, tall ship')
MSCH	- bodemschatten 2 ('mineral resources') - vlijmscherp ('very sharp' - knives) - (de) boomschors ('bark, tree bark') - gymschoenen ([gym shoes] - sneakers')
NSCH	- Van Schaik (a family name) - Van Schijndel 2 (a family name) - Van Schuppen 2 (a family name) - (de) graanschuur ('granary, grain storage building') - Enschede (a city) - the single E at the end of the city name is a long E - a rare exception - een schepje suiker ('a small spooonful of sugar') - een scheutje melk ('a splash of milk') - 'n scheve schaats ([a crooked skate] 'immoral behavior') - een schilderij van Van Gogh ('a painting by Van Gogh) - (de) woordenschat 2 ('vocabulary') - eigenschappen 2 ('qualities, properties, characteristics') - (de) graanschuur ('granary, grain storage building') - de koperen schaal ('the copper bowl') - flessenscheepjes 2 ('small ships in bottles') - (de) hersenschudding 2 ('consussion' - [brain-shaking]) - (de) nalatenschap 2 ('legacy, inheritance') - (de) wetenschap ('science') - een houten schip ('a wooden ship') - (de) ovenschaal ('oven dish') - Winschoten 2 (a town) - de zon scheen de hele dag ('the sun was shining all day') - de zon schijnt 2 ('the sun is shining') - (de) onschuld 2 ('~innocence') - onschuldig 2 ('innocent' // '~harmless') - eigen schuld! 2 ('It's your own fault, you only have yourself to blame')
OSCH	SCH in the middle or at the end of family- or place-names is often not pronounced. It's a remnant of old spelling. - Bosch (a family name) - Doornbosch 2 3 (a family name) - Den Bosch) - Den Bosch / (official name:) 's-Hertogenbosch 2 (a city - French name: 'Bois-le-Duc') - de Biesbosch (a watery area in the West of the country) - Hieronymus Bosch 2 (painter, ca. 1450-1516) also known as: Jeroen Bosch 2
OOSCH	- hallo schoonheid 2 3 ('hello, beauty') ‑>>
OESCH	toeschouwers - Ryan ten Doeschate 2 (cricket player) - toeschouwers 2 ('spectators,' audience to a live performance)
PSCH	- (de) schaapscheerder ('sheep shearer') - (de) scherpschutter 2 ('sharpshooter, sniper') - schimpscheuten 2 ('curses,' bad things said about someone) - (het) piepschuim ('[squeak-foam] - styrofoam, polystyrene' - jocular) - opscheppen 2 ('to boast' // 'to serve, ladle out') - (de) opschepper ('boastful person' // 'food server') - opscheplepels ('serving spoons') - opschieten 2 3 ('to hurry, make haste') - hij is op school 2 3 ('he's at school')
RSCH	- Aarschot (a town in Belgium) - (de) maarschalk 2 ('marshall') - een paar schoenen 2 ('a pair of shoes') - waarschijnlijk 2 ('probably') - waarschuwen 2 3 ('to warn') - (de) waarschuwing 2 3 ('warning') - Terschelling 2 (an island) - (de) zwangerschap ('pregnancy') - Zomerschoon 2 (a tulip name) - (de) waterschade 2 ('damage by water') - beterschap! ('get well!') - waterschappen ('water boards' - water regulation bodies) ‑>> - (het) verschil ('difference') ‑>> - verschillen 2 ('differences' // 'to differ') - verschillend / verschillende 2 ('different') - onverschillig 2 ('indifferent') - hartverscheurend 2 ([heart- rending] - 'agonizing, major distressing') - Overschie (former village, now part of Rotterdam) - (het) overschot 2 ('surplus') - Zilverschoon (a tulip name) - Voorschoten (a town)
SSCH	- (de) kaasschaaf ('cheese slicer') - kaas schaven 2 3 ('slicing cheese' // 'cheese slicers') - misschien ('maybe, perhaps') ‑>> - (de) basisschool ('elementary school') ‑>> - (de) bisschop ('bishop') - (de) kiesschijf ('rotary dial' - old telephone') ‑>> - (de) ijsschep ('ice cream serving spoon') - ijsschotsen 2 ('ice floes') - (het) passagiersschip 2 3 4 ('passenger schip, liner' - French G) - aardappels schillen 2 ('peeling potatoes')
TSCH	- (de) maatschappij 2 ('society' // 'company') - (de) taartschep ('cake serving tool') - uitschakelen 2 ('to switch off' // 'to eliminate' - competition) - zich verontschuldigen 2 3 ('to apologize, offer excuses') - keet schoppen ([to kick up fun] - 'to have rowdy fun' - children's slang) - 't Schiet op 2 It's progressing nicely, it's almost done - Er zit schot in 2 It's becoming unstuck, things are moving (literally and figuratively)
UISCH	SCH in the middle or at the end of family- or place-names is often not pronounced. It's a remnant of old spelling. - Rachel Ruysch 2 3 (painter, 1664-1750)
WSCH	- 't Is jouw schuld! ('It's your fault, you are to blame')

Hear a few verbs with SCH

to plane:

schaven

ik schaaf

ik schaafde

ik heb geschaafd

to shave:	scheren	schoor	geschoren
wij schoren		alternate simple past: 'scheerde'

to donate // to pour drinks:

schenken

schonk

geschonken

2

to create (like God):

scheppen

schiep

geschapen

to shoot:	schieten	schoot	geschoten
	wij schoten

voorschieten		to advance (money)
ik schoot voor		I advanced (money)
ik heb voorgeschoten		I have advanced (money)

to shine // to appear, 'it looks like ...':		schijnen	scheen	geschenen
	wij schenen

schijnen		'seem'
't schijnt		it seems
ze schijnen		they seem
't scheen		it seemed
ze schenen		they seemed
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schoppen		to kick
ik schop		I kick
wij schoppen		we kick
ik schopte		I kicked
wij schopten		we kicked
ik heb ge schopt		I have kicked
		- ‑>>

schudden		to shake
ik schud		I shake
wij schudden		we shake
ik schudde		I shook
wij schudden		we shook
ik heb geschud		I have shaken

to shove, make slide:	schuiven	schoof	geschoven
	wij schoven

to hide, conceal:

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