paddenstoelensausen
Syllables
pad-den-sto-e-lensaus-en
Pronunciation
/ˈpɑdə(n)støːlə(n)sɑu̯sə(n)/
Stress
000010
Morphemes
pad, sto, lensaus + den, en
The word 'paddenstoelensausen' is a Dutch verb meaning 'to sauce with mushroom sauce'. It's syllabified as pad-den-sto-e-lensaus-en, with stress on 'saus'. It's a compound word built from Germanic roots and suffixes, following Dutch rules of maximizing onsets and requiring a vowel nucleus in each syllable.
Definitions
- 1
To sauce with mushroom sauce
To sauce with mushroom sauce
“Ze wilde de aardappelen met paddenstoelensausen.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'saus' (syllable 5).
Syllables
pad — Open syllable, onset 'p', nucleus 'a', coda 'd'. den — Open syllable, onset 'd', nucleus 'e', coda 'n' (often reduced). sto — Closed syllable, complex onset 'st', nucleus 'o', coda 'ː'. e — Open syllable, only a vowel nucleus, connecting vowel. lensaus — Closed syllable, onset 'l', nucleus 'e', coda 'ns', followed by 'saus'. en — Open syllable, onset 'n', nucleus 'e'
Word Parts
Similar Words
Maximize Onsets
Dutch prefers to include as many consonants as possible in the onset of a syllable.
Vowel as Nucleus
Each syllable must have a vowel nucleus.
Compound Syllabification
Compound words are syllabified as if they were separate words joined together.
- The 'n' in 'padden' can be weakly pronounced or elided. The connecting vowel 'e' doesn't form a separate syllable.
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