leerlingverpleegsters
Syllables
leer-ling-ver-pleeg-sters
Pronunciation
/ˈleːrlɪŋ ˈvɛrˌpleːɣstərs/
Stress
01011
Morphemes
ver- + leer/pleeg + -ling/-sters
The word 'leerling-verpleegsters' is a compound noun syllabified into 'leer-ling-ver-pleeg-sters' with primary stress on 'pleeg'. It's composed of Germanic roots and suffixes, following Dutch vowel-centric syllabification and penultimate stress rules.
Definitions
- 1
A student or trainee in the nursing profession.
Student nurses / Trainee nurses
“De leerling-verpleegsters hielpen bij de verzorging van de patiënten.”
“Er zijn veel leerling-verpleegsters in het ziekenhuis.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'pleeg'. The first syllable 'leer' and the last syllable 'sters' are unstressed.
Syllables
leer — Open syllable, containing a long vowel.. ling — Closed syllable, containing a short vowel and a nasal consonant.. ver — Open syllable, containing a short vowel.. pleeg — Closed syllable, containing a long vowel and a velar fricative.. sters — Closed syllable, containing a short vowel and a consonant cluster.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Centric Syllabification
Each syllable contains a vowel sound.
Avoid Digraph Splitting
Digraphs like 'ee' are kept together within a syllable.
Penultimate Stress
Primary stress falls on the second-to-last syllable.
Compound Word Syllabification
Compound words are syllabified as if they were separate words joined together.
- The hyphen is a visual aid and doesn't affect the phonological syllabification.
- The 'ng' cluster in 'leerling' is treated as a single unit within the syllable.
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