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Oma Pronunciation
Oma is pronounced OH-muh, IPA /ˈoʊmə/.
OH-muh
US /ˈoʊmə/
Syllables: OH · muh (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: Grandmother, borrowed from Dutch and German and used in English speaking families with those roots.
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Oma in a Sentence
- Oma made apple cake every Sunday.
- We are driving up to see Oma at the weekend.
- She still writes to her oma in Utrecht.
Common Mispronunciations of Oma
Not AH-muh
The first vowel is the oh of open, not the ah of father.
Not oh-MAH
Keep the push on OH and leave the ending as a weak uh. Stressing the second syllable gives the country Oman instead.
Tip: Two syllables: OH-muh. The matching word for grandfather is opa.
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