waarschijnlijkheidspapier
Syllables
waar-schijn-lijk-heid-spa-pier
Pronunciation
/ʋaːrˈʃɛinləkhɛitspɑpiːr/
Stress
000100
Morphemes
waar- + schijn- + -lijk-heid
The word 'waarschijnlijkheidspapier' is a Dutch compound noun meaning 'probability paper'. It is syllabified as waar-schijn-lijk-heid-spa-pier, with stress on the penultimate syllable ('heid'). The word is morphologically complex, consisting of a prefix, root, and multiple suffixes. Syllabification follows vowel-centric rules and handles consonant clusters appropriately.
Definitions
- 1
Probability paper; a specialized graph paper used in statistics to determine if a sample follows a particular distribution.
Probability paper
“De resultaten werden op het waarschijnlijkheidspapier uitgezet.”
syn:kanspapier
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('heid'), following the typical Dutch stress pattern.
Syllables
waar — Open syllable, initial syllable, vowel is long.. schijn — Closed syllable, contains the consonant cluster 'sch'.. lijk — Closed syllable, contains a diphthong.. heid — Closed syllable, stressed syllable.. spa — Open syllable, part of the compound 'papier'.. pier — Closed syllable, final syllable of the compound 'papier'.
Word Parts
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Vowel-centric Syllabification
Each vowel (or diphthong) generally forms the nucleus of a syllable.
Consonant Cluster Handling
Consonant clusters are generally kept together within a syllable.
Penultimate Stress
The primary stress typically falls on the penultimate syllable.
Compound Word Syllabification
Compound words are syllabified as if they were separate words joined together.
- The length of the word and multiple suffixes require careful application of the rules.
- The pronunciation of 'sch' as /ʃ/ is a standard feature of Dutch phonology.
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