How to pronounce fjords
Listen to fjords in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“fjords” in real sentences
77 clips in the index · 19 American · 1 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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come lazing down the fjords.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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valley surrounding the fjords of Norway.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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and fjords provided a viable alternative.
TED-Ed · hear it here
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south central Alaska fjords like Whittier and Valdez.
USGS · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of fjords. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.