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prance · 2017-03-28 14:03:31

In German we have "Fachidiot", which is not pronounced like the Dutch 'vakidioot' at all, but many English speakers would do so nevertheless. You're free to rescind your own abomination of that word :D

catoc | karma 380 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2017-03-28 13:45:55

We have the same word in Dutch, 'vakidioot', roughly pronounced as 'fuckidiot'. We will rescind it immediately for you :-)

ragebol | karma 1977 | avg karma 2.48 · | 2021-02-10 12:17:24+00:00

As a Dutch guy, I'm just curious to hear everyone just butcher the pronounciation :-)

anvandare | karma 1201 | avg karma 5.75 · | 2015-07-20 15:12:41+00:00

You must be a Netherlands-Dutch speaker then. It's an accepted word in Flanders. :>

mcv | karma 23993 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2015-10-19 13:03:06+00:00

Are there different ways to pronounce it? Or did he pronounce it in Dutch?

wil2k | karma 128 | avg karma 1.86 · | 2010-12-15 12:23:06+00:00

Another option is to use the Dutch version "vakidioot". ;-D

Once again "vak" is trade/profession/"subject area" and "idioot" means well idiot.

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/dutch_to_english/other/833923-vaki...

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Cthulhu_ | karma 26640 | avg karma 2.23 · | 2021-02-10 13:50:36+00:00

bonus points if they go for the Frisian pronunciation, "Alvestêdetocht".

rapnie | karma 10694 | avg karma 4.8 · | 2019-12-21 19:49:02

I guess the 'ui' and the 'g' are hardest to pronounce correctly for non-native Dutch speakers.

We have a tongue-twister for German and English people that goes like this "Ik eet uitsluitend gefruite uien in mijn geruite keuken" (you can have Google Translate read it out loud). Meaning is "I only eat fried onions in my checkered kitchen".

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lucb1e | karma 17323 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2021-11-02 15:20:24

As a Dutch speaker, germanic not romanic language, the pronunciation of coup de grâce sounds weird to me as well. What's even weirder is an English speaker trying to repeat my name after me!

ekianjo | karma 34827 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2019-12-24 00:05:04

the Dutch equivalent of the c-word in English.

Fnoord | karma 8086 | avg karma 1.35 · | 2023-07-23 15:51:28

You're free to adopt them in English. Such as 'schadenfreude'. We got a Dutch word for that; leedvermaak.

xxpor | karma 8959 | avg karma 2.97 · | 2021-02-15 21:42:23+00:00

For the English words used in Dutch, do you use Dutch pronunciation, even if the word is spelled the same?

We all know how Dutch people like to pronounce their Gs :)

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MaxSut | karma 1 | avg karma 0.33 · | 2023-02-04 07:25:31

Yes both are pronounceable for the Dutch market. The Dutch name is not pronounceable in English.

gpvos | karma 7664 | avg karma 2.34 · | 2016-02-17 11:28:05+00:00

You are almost proposing to adopt Dutch spelling. :)

WalterBright | karma 71923 | avg karma 2.96 · | 2024-02-12 01:43:25

Dutch is Vader.

In German, it's Vater.

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svisser | karma 376 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2017-07-24 17:52:54+00:00

Unfortunate name if you happen to know Dutch.

louwrentius | karma 3866 | avg karma 2.6 · | 2023-12-17 06:36:51

I understand, but it spells a rude word for “vagina” in Dutch.

Luc | karma 11096 | avg karma 5.18 · | 2013-05-22 02:04:32

GIF, JPEG, PNG,... all these are not English words, so multiply possible pronunciations by a hundred (every Dutch speaking person I know pronounces them the Dutch way).

cjfd | karma 1604 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2019-12-01 08:00:23

There is an even nicer word for dutch/german. slechtstschrijvende/schlechtstschreibende. Yes, 9 consonants in a row and you have to pronounce all of them like you are a beatboxer.

borumpilot | karma 55 | avg karma 1.12 · | 2019-06-27 10:26:16+00:00

The same in Dutch.