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In words of Dutch origin it usually has the well-known Dutch scrapy throat sound:

The same applies to most words of Greek origin:

The combination sch sounds like s + scrapy ch at the beginning and in the middle of words:

But in the ending -isch, and in some names of persons or places, sch simply sounds as s:

In international words, often from French, ch is pronounced as English 'sh':

In some words ch is pronounced k:

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