attenhundretall
The word 'attenhundretall' is divided into five syllables: at-ten-hun-dret-all. Stress falls on 'dret'. It's a compound numeral formed from Proto-Germanic roots, and its syllabification follows the principles of maximizing onsets and requiring a vowel nucleus in each syllable.
Definitions
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Eighteen hundred
Eighteen hundred
“Attenhundretall var et viktig år i historien.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('dret').
Syllables
at — Open syllable, short vowel.. ten — Closed syllable, short vowel.. hun — Open syllable, short vowel.. dret — Closed syllable, short vowel, stressed.. all — Open syllable, long vowel.
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Maximizing Onsets
Consonants are grouped with the following vowel to maximize the number of consonants in the onset of a syllable.
Vowel as Syllable Nucleus
Each syllable must contain a vowel nucleus.
- Geminates (double consonants) influence vowel duration.
- Compound word syllabification follows the same rules as single words.
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