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The title is a dutch word, in English translated to "again" or "repeat".
by tiku 7y ago
The title is a dutch word, in English translated to "again" or "repeat".
- Kim_Bruning 7y agoYes, but it's one of those words, where pitch and intonation (and -in this case- past memories of dread) are as important as the actual syllables.
- jillesvangurp 7y agoThe vowel combinations always trip up foreigners. Nieuw is Dutch for new and it is pronounced essentially the same. The ew sound basically transliterates to ieuw. Op (on) combined with Nieuw, basically means "on new", or 'again' in proper English.
- mercer 7y agoI'll be the pedant and argue that if you want to figure out how to sound proper Dutch, there's a difference. "new" sounds like "neeuuuuu" in US English, and a diphtong "nuuu" in British English. "nieuw" sounds like "niii" followed by a very short "oooo" as in "do" followed by a slightly more pronounced "w" at the end. I'm aware that there are proper ways to codify pronunciation, but it's more fun this way and I know nothing of it.