How to pronounce knees in American English
“knees” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to knees the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “knees” in: all accents · British English (273 clips)
“knees” in real sentences — American speakers
376 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Knees up, knees up, knees up.
The Obama White House
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their knees pretty quickly.
NIH
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My knees weren't knocking.
Dept of Justice
Words that sound like “knees”
Words one sound away from knees — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “knees”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of knees. 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.