kraftbetonten
Kraftbetonten is a linguistic term used to describe syllables or segments that carry the strongest degree of stress within a word or phrase. The concept distinguishes kraftbetonten (strongly stressed) elements from unstressed or weakly stressed ones, and it is central to the study of prosody and phonology.
In descriptive linguistics, kraftbetonten syllables are typically characterized by features such as greater loudness, longer duration,
The notion is used to analyze word-level and phrase-level stress patterns. For example, languages may exhibit
Kraftbetonten is often discussed in relation to orthography, since spelling does not usually mark stress, and