Talk:contrabandier

Is the plural on -en attested? I can only find forms on -s on BGC. However, if this is (now) a mainly Belgian form, the pronunciation might end on. (Also, if anyone knows the pronunciation and could add it that would be fantastic.) ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  19:25, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Contrabandieren appears to be a German word: "Den Fluchenden liess er die Zunge ausschneiden, den Raufbolden die Arme — den falschen Zeugen und Verräthern die Nase, den Contrabandieren die Hände abschneiden" (this appears to be from a lighthearted children's book..)
 * maybe the pronunciation is in one of your dictionaries? Alexis Jazz (talk) 19:39, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
 * According to Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal 15th edition (2015) the plural is -s, it's a French loan and the pronunciation is approximating French; I have added it, but the rules for Dutch IPA are not very well suited for French loans. I don't see anything that suggests that this word is primarily used in Belgium. --MarcoSwart (talk) 22:07, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've changed the transciption with nasal vowels to phonetic, it gave some errors as a phonemic transcription. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  08:45, 6 November 2020 (UTC)