hundreårsskifte
Syllables
hun-dre-år-ss-kif-te
Pronunciation
/ˈhʊnːrəˌɔːrˌskɪftə/
Stress
010000
Morphemes
hundreår + sskifte
Hundreårsskifte is a Norwegian compound noun meaning 'century shift'. It's syllabified as hun-dre-år-ss-kif-te, with primary stress on 'år'. The division follows rules maximizing onsets and ensuring each syllable has a vowel nucleus. The word is morphologically composed of 'hundre' (hundred), 'år' (year), and 'sskifte' (shift).
Definitions
- 1
A change of century; the turn of the century.
Century shift, turn of the century
“Feiringen av hundreårsskiftet var storslått.”
“Hundreårsskiftet markerte en ny æra.”
syn:Århundreskifte
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the second syllable, 'år', following the typical stress pattern for Norwegian compound nouns.
Syllables
hun — Open syllable, onset 'h', nucleus 'u', coda 'n'. dre — Closed syllable, onset 'dr', nucleus 'e'. år — Closed syllable, onset 'å', nucleus 'ɔː', coda 'r', primary stress. ss — Syllable with geminate consonant. kif — Closed syllable, onset 'k', nucleus 'i', coda 'f'. te — Open syllable, onset 't', nucleus 'ə'
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Maximize Onsets
Consonant clusters are preferred as onsets.
Vowel as Nucleus
Every syllable must have a vowel nucleus.
Geminate Consonants
Geminate consonants are often treated as separate syllables or as part of the following syllable.
Compound Stress
Stress falls on the first syllable of the root word in compound nouns.
- The 's-' in '-sskifte' is an inflectional element and is not typically separated.
- Geminate 'ss' is a common feature of Norwegian.
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