afhankelijkheidsrelatie
Syllables
af-han-ke-lijk-heids-re-la-tie
Pronunciation
/aːf.hɛŋ.kə.lɛi̯t.s.rə.laː.tsi/
Stress
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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
- 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.”
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
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
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.
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