How to Pronounce waterschap

CEFR level: B2

English: water board

Say it like WAH-ter-skhap

Phonetic breakdown

The word is composed of 'water' (water) and 'schap' (a suffix indicating an office or jurisdiction), pronounced with a hard 'ch' sound.

Non-native speakers often mispronounce the 'sch' cluster as an 's' sound instead of the guttural Dutch 'ch'.

A waterschap is a unique Dutch regional government body responsible for water management, flood control, and water quality.