Dutch · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "iedereen" in Dutch?

Q: How do you pronounce iedereen in Dutch?

iedereen is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /idəˈreːn/. It means “everyone.” ee-duh-RAYN — three syllables with the beat right at the end.

ee-duh-RAYN — three syllables with the beat right at the end.

iedereen /idəˈreːn/

Weight sits on the final syllable, which is unusual for Dutch and comes from the word's origin as "ieder een" — every one. The numeral half kept the accent when the phrase fused, exactly as it did in "alleen."

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Sound it out

ie- The long "ee" of the digraph, opening the word with no consonant in front of it. Start cleanly on the vowel rather than cushioning it with a glottal catch.

de A completely unstressed linking syllable, reduced to a schwa — the weakest thing in the word.

r A light tap or soft scrape opening the stressed syllable. It belongs to the final syllable, not to the schwa before it.

een Long tense "ay" plus a firm n, carrying the primary stress. This is the numeral "een" fused onto the end and keeping its full vowel.

Hear it in a sentence

Iedereen is er al.

Everyone is already there.

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"Iedereen is er al" treats the pronoun as grammatically singular, taking the singular verb "is" even though it refers to a group — the same logic as English "everyone is." The little "er" here means "there" in the locational sense rather than the existential one.

Where English speakers slip

Front-stressing to "EE-duh-reen" is the standard error, since Dutch words usually lead with their beat. This one does not. Learners also reduce the final vowel, when it should be a full long "ay" — the syllable is stressed, so nothing about it may be mumbled.