onverdedigbaarheid
Syllables
on-ver-de-dig-baar-heid
Pronunciation
/ɔn.vərˈde.dɪɣ.baːr.hɛit/
Stress
000110
Morphemes
on- + verdedig- + -baar-heid
The word 'onverdedigbaarheid' is divided into six syllables: on-ver-de-dig-baar-heid. The primary stress falls on 'baar'. It's a complex noun formed with Germanic prefixes and suffixes, following standard Dutch syllabification rules based on vowel endings and permissible consonant clusters.
Definitions
- 1
The quality of being undefendable; the inability to be defended.
Indefensibility
“De onverdedigbaarheid van de positie was duidelijk.”
“Zijn onverdedigbaarheid maakte hem kwetsbaar.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable 'baar'.
Syllables
on — Open syllable, vowel ending.. ver — Open syllable, vowel ending.. de — Open syllable, vowel ending.. dig — Closed syllable, consonant ending.. baar — Closed syllable, consonant ending, primary stress.. heid — Closed syllable, consonant ending.
Word Parts
Open Syllable Rule
Syllables generally end in a vowel sound.
Consonant Cluster Rule
Consonant clusters are permissible at the end of a syllable if they conform to Dutch phonotactics.
- Vowel reduction in 'ver' to /ə/ in rapid speech does not affect syllabification.
- Dutch allows for complex consonant clusters.
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