3 ways to pronounce E in Dutch! And when do you drop the -N?

Опубликовано: 20 Июнь 2026
на канале: Dutchies to be - Learn Dutch with Kim
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TIME STAMPS:

0:00 intro
2:16 a practice sentence for the E & N
5:09 three ways to pronounce E: ɛ, e & ə
8:28 the schwa (ə) + the stress in words
11:04 the short E (ɛ) and the long EE (e)
12:01 the pronunciation of EEN as "één" & "un"
13:05 when do you not pronounce -N?
16:13 why do I pronounce -N?
17:52 which other Dutch people pronounce the N?
20:03 exercise!


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HOMEWORK PRONUNCIATION:

"Eelisuh heeft één/un doocent en Jannukuh heeft twee doocentuh. En jij? Heb juh ook un doocent?"


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🎥 In Dutch you can pronounce the letter E in three different ways: short (as E), long (as EE) and also as a schwa (as UH). In this video I discuss the three different ways, and also when you can omit the -N at the end of a word in the pronunciation.

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