sch
/sx/
- Language
- Dutch
- Unit
- Medeklinkers
- IPA
- /sx/
- Practice words
- 5
Sample pronunciation audio — Open the full phoneme overview
Start with one sample audio file for fricatieven - /sx/.
Quick tip
Fricatives are made by forcing air through a narrow gap, creating friction.
Letters and IPA
Practice words
-
school
-
schoen
-
schip
-
schat
-
schrijven
Minimal pairs
- schat / schat/zat
- schip / schip/chip
- schoon / schoon/zoon
- scheren / scheren/keren
- school / school/stoel
How to produce this sound
Start with /s/, then move the back of your tongue toward the soft palate to make a rough /x/ sound, as one cluster: /sx/.
Common mix-ups
- schip / chip
- schoon / zoon
- school / stoel
- schat / zat
- scheren / keren
Closest comparison
Dit is een nieuwe klank voor Engelstaligen; de dichtstbijzijnde klank is /sk/ zoals in 'school'.
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