How do you pronounce the word "fout" as in 'wrong'? To rhyme with "boot", "bout" or something completely different?
[The reason I ask is that I've been reading Simon Kuper's "Ajax: The War Years", talking about the Netherlands and World War 2, where the word comes up quite a bit]
2007-05-25 10:28:10 · 4 answers · asked by Lobster 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In Dutch it is pronounced f-out as if it were the English "ou" sound in cow, house, now, and how, just a bit longer. In Afrikaans it would be pronounced more as an "oa" as in boat, coat or note.
Hope that helps.
Mazzel Tov-
PS Ajax, great team!!!!! Rotterdam stik de moord met je kakke Feyenoord, we zijn de joden van Groot Mokum....
2007-05-25 11:13:58 · answer #1 · answered by Miyagi 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fout is pronounced as in "bout". The word "fout" as used in your book, means wrong not in the sense of making a mistake, but in the sense of collaborating in some way with the Germans - the enemy. You could say it's a bit of a eufemism for "traitor" in that sense.
2007-05-25 23:03:21 · answer #2 · answered by polodaan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
fout is pronounced like bout (as in about, but with an f)
2007-05-25 10:42:31 · answer #3 · answered by Martha P 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
erm,tulips and windmills look lovely in the vast green and red fields of the dutch wilderness,know any good cafes?(sorry,i know that had no relavence to your question but i could'nt resist)lol.x
2007-05-25 10:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by scobalthenut 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋