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honderdvijfentwintigjarige

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9 syllables
26 characters
Dutch
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9syllables

honderdrijfentwintigjarige

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

hon-der-drijf-en-twin-tig-ja-ri-ge

Pronunciation

/ˈhɔndər(t)vɛi̯fənˈtʋɪntɪɣjaːrəɣə/

Stress

000010000

Morphemes

honderd + vijfentwintig + jarige

The word 'honderdvijfentwintigjarige' is a complex Dutch adjective meaning 'one hundred and twenty-five-year-old'. It is syllabified based on vowel sounds, preserving consonant clusters and avoiding diphthong splitting. The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('tig'). The word is a compound of numeral prefixes and the adjectival suffix '-jarige'.

Definitions

adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the age of one hundred and twenty-five years.

    One hundred and twenty-five-year-old

    “Een honderdvijfentwintigjarige man.”

    ant:jong

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable, 'tig' (/tɪɣ/). Dutch generally exhibits penultimate stress, but compound words can have variations.

Syllables

9
hon/hɔn/
der/dər/
drijf/drɛif/
en/ən/
twin/tʋɪn/
tig/tɪɣ/
ja/jaː/
ri/ri/
ge/ɣə/

hon — Open syllable, initial syllable.. der — Closed syllable, containing a reduced vowel.. drijf — Closed syllable, containing a diphthong.. en — Open syllable, reduced vowel.. twin — Closed syllable.. tig — Closed syllable, stressed.. ja — Open syllable, long vowel.. ri — Open syllable.. ge — Open syllable, reduced vowel.

Word Parts

pre

honderd

Proto-Germanic origin, meaning 'hundred'.

root

vijfentwintig

Combination of 'vijf' (five) and 'entwintig' (twenty), forming 'twenty-five'.

suf

jarige

Middle Dutch origin, adjectival suffix meaning 'year-old'.

Similar Words

hon­derd­acht­en­twin­tigvijf­tig­ja­ri­gedui­zend­ja­ri­ge

Vowel-centric Syllabification

Syllables are formed around vowel sounds, with consonants gravitating towards the nearest vowel.

Consonant Cluster Preservation

Consonant clusters are generally maintained within a single syllable unless they can be easily separated by a vowel.

Diphthong Integrity

Diphthongs are not split across syllable boundaries.

  • The 'd' in 'honderd' can be elided in rapid speech.
  • Schwa reduction in unstressed syllables is common.
  • The compound nature of the word requires careful consideration of component syllable structures.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/6/2025

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