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literatuurgeschiedenissen

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8 syllables
25 characters
Dutch
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litetuurgeschiedenissen

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

li-te-tuur-ge-schie-de-nis-sen

Pronunciation

/ˌli.təˈtuːr.ɣə.ʃi.də.nɪs.ən/

Stress

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Morphemes

literatuur + geschiedenis-sen

The word 'literatuurgeschiedenissen' is a complex Dutch noun meaning 'literary histories'. It is divided into eight syllables based on vowel sounds and consonant clusters. The primary stress falls on the fourth syllable. The word is a compound formed from 'literatuur', 'geschiedenis', and the plural suffix '-sen'.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    Literary histories; the study of the history of literature.

    Literary histories

    “De professor doceert over literatuurgeschiedenissen.”

    “Zijn onderzoek richt zich op de literatuurgeschiedenissen van de 19e eeuw.”

    syn:literatuurhistorieën

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the fourth syllable ('nis') in 'geschiedenis'. Dutch stress is generally penultimate, but compound words can have multiple stress points.

Syllables

8
li/li/
te/tə/
tuur/tuːr/
ge/ɣə/
schie/ʃi/
de/də/
nis/nɪs/
sen/sən/

li — Open syllable, containing a short vowel.. te — Open syllable, containing a schwa.. tuur — Closed syllable, containing a long vowel and a rhotic consonant.. ge — Open syllable, containing a voiced velar fricative and a schwa.. schie — Closed syllable, containing a palato-alveolar fricative and a short vowel.. de — Open syllable, containing a schwa.. nis — Closed syllable, containing a short vowel and a sibilant.. sen — Open syllable, containing a schwa.

Word Parts

root

literatuur

From Latin 'litteratura' - literature

suf

geschiedenis-sen

'-ge-' past participle marker, '-schiedenis' history, '-sen' plural marker

Similar Words

u­ni­ver­si­teitge­schie­de­niscom­pu­ter­wet­en­schappen

Vowel-centric Syllabification

Each vowel sound generally forms the nucleus of a syllable.

Consonant Cluster Handling

Consonant clusters are generally kept together within a syllable unless they are easily separable based on sonority.

Diphthong Preservation

Diphthongs are not split across syllable boundaries.

  • The 'g' in 'geschiedenis' is a voiced velar fricative /ɣ/.
  • The 'sch' cluster is pronounced as /ʃ/.
  • The final '-en' is a weak syllable and often reduced in pronunciation.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/6/2025

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