Schipperke Pronunciation

How do you say the Schipperke‘s name?

Many people say “SKIP-er-kee,” and some say that it’s more correctly pronounced “SHEEP-er-ker,” We’re partial to this one (which we’re told is the correct pronunciation in Dutch):

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3 thoughts on “Schipperke Pronunciation”

  1. I don’t think that’s right. This just came up in one of my Facebook groups where someone asked about breed names that get mispronounced. I had always heard skipper-kee from schip owners, so this was a novelty to me. I just combed the internet and I finally found this–the first two are native speakers 🙂 https://forvo.com/word/schipperke

    • Thanks for the input, Katherine, more information is always good!

  2. By the way, this page was in the top Google results so way to go on the search engine optimization ;0)

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