hoekmeetinstrumenten
Syllables
hoek-meet-in-stru-men-ten
Pronunciation
/ˈɦoːkˌmeːtɪnˌstrʏməntən/
Stress
000100
Morphemes
hoek, meet, instrument + -en
hoekmeetinstrumenten is a Dutch compound noun meaning 'angle measuring instruments'. It is syllabified as hoek-meet-in-stru-men-ten, with primary stress on 'men'. Syllabification follows Dutch rules of maximizing onsets and preserving consonant clusters. The word is morphologically composed of roots for 'angle', 'measure', and 'instrument', plus a plural suffix.
Definitions
- 1
Angle measuring instruments; tools used to measure angles.
Angle measuring instruments
“De technicus gebruikte verschillende hoekmeetinstrumenten.”
“De hoekmeetinstrumenten waren essentieel voor de constructie.”
syn:hoekmeters
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'men' (1). All other syllables are unstressed (0).
Syllables
hoek — Open syllable, vowel followed by a consonant.. meet — Open syllable, vowel followed by a consonant.. in — Closed syllable, consonant cluster at the end.. stru — Closed syllable, complex consonant cluster at the beginning.. men — Closed syllable, consonant at the end, primary stress.. ten — Closed syllable, consonant at the end.
Word Parts
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V-C (Vowel-Consonant)
Syllables generally end in a vowel sound.
C-V-C (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant)
Common syllable structure in Dutch.
Consonant Cluster Preservation
Dutch tends to keep consonant clusters together within a syllable, especially common ones.
- The compound nature of the word requires consideration of morpheme boundaries, but syllabification is based on pronunciation.
- Regional variations in pronunciation might slightly affect the phonetic realization, but the syllabification remains consistent.
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