Words with Root “drink” in Dutch

The word 'verdrinkingsgevallen' is a Dutch compound noun meaning 'drowning cases'. It is syllabified as ver-drink-ings-ge-val-len, with primary stress on the penultimate syllable. The syllabification follows vowel-centered rules, maintaining consonant clusters and treating 'ng' as a single unit. It's composed of a prefix 'ver-', root 'drink', and multiple suffixes forming a substantivized past participle plural.