onverbeterlijkheid
Syllables
on-ver-be-ter-lijk-heid
Pronunciation
/ɔn.vər.be.tər.lɛi̯k.hɛit/
Stress
000100
Morphemes
on- + verbeter- + -lijkheid
The word 'onverbeterlijkheid' is divided into six syllables based on vowel nuclei and maximizing onsets. It's a complex noun formed through multiple affixations, with primary stress on the antepenultimate syllable. Syllabification patterns are consistent with similar Dutch words.
Definitions
- 1
The state of being impossible to improve or correct; incorrigibility.
Unimprovability, incorrigibility.
“De onverbeterlijkheid van zijn karakter frustreerde iedereen.”
“Zij gaf toe dat de onverbeterlijkheid van de situatie hen dwong tot een moeilijke beslissing.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('ter').
Syllables
on — Open syllable, simple vowel sound.. ver — Open syllable, vowel sound following a consonant.. be — Open syllable, simple vowel sound.. ter — Open syllable, vowel sound following a consonant.. lijk — Closed syllable, diphthong followed by a consonant.. heid — Closed syllable, vowel sound followed by a consonant.
Word Parts
Maximize Onsets
Consonant clusters are included in the syllable onset whenever possible.
Vowel Nucleus
Each syllable must contain a vowel sound as its nucleus.
- Dutch allows for complex consonant clusters, but syllable boundaries are generally clear due to vowel sounds.
- Regional variations in vowel quality may exist but do not affect syllable division.
Nearby Words
17 wordsTrending in Dutch
Terms getting hyphenated by users right now.
- ic-infrastructuur
- abdiceer
- Abchazië
- abcessen
- Abbekerk
- abc-boek
- Abbeweer
- abubakar
- abrikoos
- abattoir
- absoute
- abdellah
- abdullah
- abdallah
- absurds
- absurde
- abusief
- abuizen
- absente
- absence