gasenlichtrekeningen
Syllables
gas-en-licht-re-ke-ning-en
Pronunciation
/ɣɑs.ən.lɪxt.rɛ.kə.nɪŋ.ən/
Stress
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Morphemes
gas, licht, rekening + -en
The word 'gas-en-lichtrekeningen' is a compound noun syllabified based on Dutch rules favoring open syllables and avoiding initial consonant clusters. The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 're'. It consists of roots for gas, light, and bill, connected by the conjunction 'en', and marked for plurality with the suffix '-en'.
Definitions
- 1
Bills for gas, electricity, and water.
Gas, electricity, and water bills
“De gas-en-lichtrekeningen zijn hoog.”
syn:energiekosten
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 're' (1). Other syllables are unstressed (0).
Syllables
gas — Open syllable, initial syllable.. en — Closed syllable, conjunction.. licht — Open syllable, root.. re — Open syllable, root, stressed.. ke — Open syllable, part of root.. ning — Closed syllable, part of root.. en — Closed syllable, plural suffix.
Open Syllable Preference
Dutch favors open syllables (CV), leading to divisions like 'gas' instead of 'g-as'.
Compound Word Syllabification
Compound words are treated as joined separate words for syllabification.
Avoidance of Initial Consonant Clusters
Syllable boundaries avoid placing consonant clusters at the beginning of a syllable.
- The 'en' conjunction can be reduced in rapid speech, but remains a separate syllable for orthographic syllabification.
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