Dutch · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "nog" in Dutch?

Q: How do you pronounce nog in Dutch?

nog is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /nɔx/. It means “still / yet.” nokh — short rounded o and the harsh Dutch fricative. Not the English "nog."

nokh — short rounded o and the harsh Dutch fricative. Not the English "nog."

nog /nɔx/

As an adverb it is usually unstressed, leaning on whatever it modifies. It gains weight only when the persistence itself is the point, as in "ben je NOG hier?" — where the emphasis carries a note of surprise.

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Sound it out

n An unremarkable n, the one consonant in this word that needs no adjustment at all.

o Lip rounding is what distinguishes this from the American "ah." British "dog" is the closest match, and the fricative behind it keeps it short.

g Written g, heard as a scrape, and it must not harden into a stop. Being at the end of the word strips it of any voicing.

Hear it in a sentence

Ik ben nog niet klaar.

I haven't finished yet.

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"Ik ben nog niet klaar" stacks "nog" and "niet" together, a combination Dutch uses where English says "not yet." The two negation words have to appear in that order and cannot be separated, so it is best learned as a fixed unit.

Where English speakers slip

The final g becomes a hard English g, giving the word the sound of the drink "nog." It is a fricative. Learners also flatten the vowel to the American "ah" instead of rounding it. And "nog" is easily confused with "noch" (nor) in reading, though the two sound alike — only the spelling tells them apart.