The Dutch letter combination oe is pronounced [u]. Many Dutch words with the letter combination oe have the letter u in German. The Dutch letter u represents a high front rounded vowel and is pronounced as in French. The following Dutch words with the letter combination oe have the letter u in German:
bloed Blut (blood)
boek Buch (book)
genoeg genug (enough)
goed gut (good)
hoed hut (hat)
koe Kuh (cow)
koek Kuchen (cake)
moeder Mutter (mother)
stoel Stuhl (chair)
voet Fuẞ (foot)
In Dutch the sound [u] is represented by the letters oe. This is not the case in other Germanic languages. In German, a closely related language, the letter u appears in many words which have the letters oe in Dutch.
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