Dutch · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "de mond" in Dutch?

duh MONT — a short rounded o, and the final d comes out as a t.

de mond /də ˈmɔnt/

Set it next to "maand," which has the same nd ending and the same devoicing but a long vowel instead of a short one — a clean minimal pair for hearing Dutch vowel length.

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Sound it out

m Lips fully together and voice on, then released into the vowel.

o Lips slightly pursed with the vowel kept brief — British "font" rather than the flatter American version.

nd Both consonants said, and the d devoices to t at the end of the word. The plural "monden" restores the voiced d between vowels.

Hear it in a sentence

Doe je mond open.

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"Doe je mond open" splits the expression "opendoen," leaving "open" at the end of the clause. The imperative "doe" starts the sentence with no pronoun, and the possessive "je" sits unstressed before the noun.

Where English speakers slip

Voicing the final d is the standard error, since the spelling shows one. It is a t. Learners also unround the vowel toward the American "ah." And do not confuse this with English "mound" or with Dutch "maand" — the vowel length is doing real work.