opsporingsmethoden
Syllables
op-spo-rings-me-tho-den
Pronunciation
/ɔp.spɔ.rɪŋs.mə.ˈto.də(n)/
Stress
001001
Morphemes
op + sporing + s
The word 'opsporingsmethoden' is a Dutch noun meaning 'investigation methods'. It is divided into six syllables: op-spo-rings-me-tho-den. The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'me'. The word is a compound, built from the prefix 'op-', the root 'sporing', the suffix '-s', and the root 'methoden'. Syllabification follows Dutch rules of onset maximization and vowel-centric syllables.
Definitions
- 1
Investigation methods; the techniques and procedures used to investigate something.
Investigation methods
“De politie gebruikt geavanceerde opsporingsmethoden.”
“Nieuwe opsporingsmethoden zijn nodig om cybercriminaliteit te bestrijden.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'me'. The stress pattern is relatively even for a Dutch compound word.
Syllables
op — Open syllable, onset 'p', vowel 'o'. spo — Closed syllable, onset 'sp', vowel 'o'. rings — Closed syllable, onset 'r', vowel 'i', coda 'ngs'. me — Open syllable, onset 'm', vowel 'e', primary stress. tho — Open syllable, onset 't', vowel 'o'. den — Closed syllable, onset 'd', vowel 'e', coda 'n'
Word Parts
Onset Maximization
Dutch prefers to maximize onsets (consonant clusters at the beginning of a syllable), as seen in 'sporing' and 'methoden'.
Vowel-Centric Syllables
Each syllable generally contains a vowel sound.
Compound Word Syllabification
Compound words are often syllabified as if they were separate words joined together.
- The pronunciation of the schwa /ə/ in the final syllable '-den' can vary regionally, sometimes being reduced almost to silence.
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