handballspeller
The word 'handballspeller' is syllabified as han-dball-spel-ler, with stress on 'spel'. It's a compound noun formed from Germanic and English roots, following standard Norwegian syllable division rules based on onset maximization and vowel nuclei.
Definitions
- 1
A person who plays handball.
Handball player
“Handballspelleren scoret et mål.”
“Hun er en dyktig handballspeller.”
syn:håndballspiller
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('spel'), indicated by '1'. The other syllables are unstressed ('0').
Syllables
han — Open syllable, unstressed.. dball — Slightly complex onset, unstressed.. spel — Open syllable, stressed.. ler — Open syllable, unstressed.
Word Parts
Onset Maximization
Norwegian prefers to maximize the number of consonants in the onset of a syllable.
Vowel as Syllable Nucleus
Each syllable must have a vowel nucleus.
Compound Word Syllabification
Compound words are generally syllabified based on the individual morphemes.
- The 'dball' sequence is a result of the English loanword 'ball' being incorporated into the Norwegian compound.
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