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afhankelijkheidsrelatie

Complete linguistic analysis including syllable division, pronunciation, morphology, and definitions.

8 syllables
23 characters
Dutch
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Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “afhankelijkheidsrelatie” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
8syllables

afhankelijkheidsrelatie

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

af-han-ke-lijk-heids-re-la-tie

Pronunciation

/aːf.hɛŋ.kə.lɛi̯t.s.rə.laː.tsi/

Stress

10010000

Morphemes

af + hankelijkheid + relatie

The word 'afhankelijkheidsrelatie' is a complex Dutch noun divided into eight syllables: af-han-ke-lijk-heids-re-la-tie. It's composed of the prefix 'af-', the root 'hankelijkheid', and the suffix '-relatie'. Primary stress falls on the first syllable ('af'). Syllabification follows vowel-centric rules and maximizes onsets, while respecting common morpheme boundaries.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    A relationship characterized by one party being dependent on the other.

    Dependency relationship

    “De afhankelijkheidsrelatie tussen de twee landen was duidelijk.”

    “Ze probeerde de afhankelijkheidsrelatie te doorbreken.”

    syn:ondergeschiktheidsverhoudingafhankelijkheidsverhouding
    ant:gelijkwaardige relatieonafhankelijkheidsrelatie

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the first syllable ('af'), although the 'hankelijk' constituent receives a secondary emphasis. Dutch stress is generally penultimate, but compound words often stress the first constituent.

Syllables

8
af/aːf/
han/hɛŋ/
ke/kə/
lijk/lɛi̯k/
heids/hɛi̯ts/
re/rə/
la/laː/
tie/tsi/

af — Open syllable, stressed (weakly).. han — Closed syllable, part of the stressed constituent.. ke — Open syllable, unstressed.. lijk — Closed syllable, part of the stressed constituent.. heids — Closed syllable, unstressed.. re — Open syllable, unstressed.. la — Open syllable, unstressed.. tie — Closed syllable, unstressed.

Word Parts

pre

af

Germanic origin, denotes separation or negation.

root

hankelijkheid

Germanic origin, composed of 'hankelijk' (dependent) and '-heid' (abstract noun suffix).

suf

relatie

French/Latin origin (*relatio*), denotes relationship.

Similar Words

ver­van­t­woord­elijk­heidmo­ge­lijk­heido­na­f­han­ke­lijk­heid

Vowel-centric Syllabification

Each vowel sound generally forms the nucleus of a syllable.

Maximizing Onsets

Consonant clusters are broken up to create consonant-vowel (CV) syllables whenever possible, but digraphs are kept together.

Compound Word Stress

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the first constituent.

  • The 'ds' cluster is treated as a single onset.
  • The 'lijk' sequence is a common Dutch morpheme and is kept together.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/7/2025

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