The obstruents divide into plosives and fricatives, both of which come in a voiced and a voiceless series. The voiced and voiceless plosives have distinctive value, as shown by the examples in the table below:

pear /pɪər/ pair - bear /bɪər/ bear

plom /plom/ plume - blom /blom/ flower

prûk /pruk/ wig - brûk(e) /bruk/ to use

sip /sɪp/ glum, sour - sib /sɪb/ related

drippel /drɪpəl/ drop(let) - dribbel /drɪbəl/ in: op'e – wêze be on a spree, be on a loose

toer /tuər/ tower - doer /duər/ duration

tril(je) /trɪl/ to tremble - dril /drɪl/ jelly

graat /ɡra:t/ (fish) bone - graad /ɡra:d/ degree

akkoart /akoət/ agreement - akkoard /akoəd/ chord

liter /litər/ litre - lider /lidər/ in: de – wêze be the victim, be left holding the baby

kear /kɪər/ time; turn - gear /ɡɪər/ done, cooked

klei /klaj/ claw (hoofed animals) - glei /ɡlaju/ inflamed, fiery

krom /krom/ bent, crooked - grom /ɡrom/ coffee grounds; fishguts

The plosives have an almost symmetrical distribution, i.e., the voiced and voiceless ones occur in word-initial, word-medial, and word-final position. Though there are not many words ending in the bilabial voiced plosive /b/, the latter is not excluded in word-final position. This is different for the voiced velar plosive /ɡ/, which only occurs in word-initial position and at the beginning of a word-medial stressed syllable; as such it is exceptional among the plosives.