How Do You Spell DAALEN?
Pronunciation: [dˈɑːlən] (IPA) 
The word "daalen" is spelled with the Dutch digraph "aa" which represents a long "a" sound pronounced as /aː/. The "d" in "daalen" is pronounced as it would be in English, as /d/. The final "en" is pronounced as a schwa vowel sound /ən/. In summary, the phonetic transcription of "daalen" is /daːlən/. This spelling is important to remember when writing in Dutch, as the "aa" sound is distinct from the single "a" sound, which represents a short "a" pronounced as /ɑ/.
