Dmitri in Korean 드미트리
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Dmitri as 드미트리: four syllables, said deu-mi-teu-ri. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Dmitri letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㄹ between two vowels (트리) is one quick tap of the tongue, like the tt in American "butter": closer to a soft d than an English r.
- 드 and 트 carry the filler vowel ㅡ (eu). Keep them short and light, almost just the consonant.
- ㄷ at the start is soft and unvoiced, halfway between t and d.
- Give all 4 syllables the same weight. Korean has no strong stress, so it's deu-mi-teu-ri, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 4 syllables 드미트리 reads as a foreign name at a glance. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 드미트리 or 드미트리 씨.
Why it's spelled 드미트리
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 드미트리, the same spelling Korean media use.
- The Korean spelling comes from the Russian (Cyrillic) form, so it follows Russian pronunciation rather than the English letters.
Type Dmitri on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 드미트리 is the jamo ㄷㅡ ㅁㅣ ㅌㅡ ㄹㅣ, typed with the keys em al xm fl. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Dmitri in Korean?
Dmitri is written 드미트리 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: deumiteuri). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the Russian pronunciation. In Hangul it has four syllables: 드 + 미 + 트 + 리.
How do you pronounce Dmitri in Korean?
Say it deu-mi-teu-ri, with even weight on every syllable. ㄹ between two vowels (트리) is one quick tap of the tongue, like the tt in American "butter": closer to a soft d than an English r.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.