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pathologen-anatomen

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8 syllables
19 characters
Dutch
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pathologenanatomen

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

pa-tho-lo-gen-a-na-to-men

Pronunciation

/pa.toˈloː.ɣə(n) ˈa.na.toː.mə(n)/

Stress

00101011

Morphemes

patholoog, anatoom + -en

The word 'pathologen-anatomen' is a Dutch compound noun consisting of two roots ('patholoog' and 'anatoom') with the plural suffix '-en'. Syllabification follows vowel-based principles, and stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the second constituent ('anatomen'). The word refers to specialists in both pathology and anatomy.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    Specialists in both pathology and anatomy.

    Pathologist-anatomists

    “De pathologen-anatomen onderzochten het weefsel grondig.”

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of 'anatomen' (to), following Dutch stress rules for compound words.

Syllables

8
pa/pa/
tho/to/
lo/loː/
gen/ɣə(n)/
a/a/
na/na/
to/toː/
men/mə(n)/

pa — Open syllable, initial syllable.. tho — Open syllable, contains a schwa.. lo — Open syllable, long vowel.. gen — Syllable with a reduced vowel, potentially elided 'n'.. a — Open syllable, initial syllable of the second constituent.. na — Open syllable.. to — Open syllable, long vowel.. men — Syllable with a reduced vowel, potentially elided 'n'.

Word Parts

root

patholoog, anatoom

Greek origins; denoting study of disease and body structure respectively

suf

-en

Dutch plural marker for nouns

Similar Words

bi­bli­o­teeku­ni­ver­si­teitpsy­cho­lo­gie

Sonority Sequencing Principle

Syllables are formed around a sonority peak (vowel).

Avoidance of Illegal Syllable Structures

Dutch avoids syllables beginning with consonant clusters that are not permitted in the language.

Compound Word Stress

Stress falls on the last complete constituent in compound words.

  • The schwa sound /ə/ in the first and last syllables can be reduced or elided in rapid speech.
  • Regional variations in vowel pronunciation might exist, but they do not significantly alter the syllabification.
  • The hyphen in the orthography is a convention for compound words and doesn't affect the phonetic realization.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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