How is Peter Debye's name pronounced?

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I keep hearing people saying DEB-EYE.

If it is a Dutch name, surely it is pronounced DAB-HEY-YEAH (not quite like that, but I'm trying to find something close to unambiguous syllables).

Who's Dutch here that can cover this for me, please?
 
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The Wikipedia article about him renders it in the International Phonetic Alphabet: [dəˈbɛiə]

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