hotel
hotel
/ɦoːˈtɛl/noun
Word forms
- article: het hotel (the hotel)
- plural: hotels (hotels)
- diminutive: hotelletje (little hotel)
How it is spelled and how it sounds
The open syllable 'ho-' has a long /oː/ sound, while the closed stressed syllable '-tel' has a short /ɛ/ sound, which requires doubling the 'l' in the diminutive (hotelletje) to keep the vowel short.
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In connected speech
In rapid connected speech, the initial /ɦ/ is often dropped after a consonant (e.g., 'in het hotel' sounds like [ɪn ət oːˈtɛl]), and the final /l/ is pronounced as a 'dark l' [ɫ].
In the lessons (2 sentences)
s2-les-11 · 50Ik overnacht toch liever in een hotel.I'd rather spend the night in a hotel after all.Open in lesson ↗
In the frequency dictionary
General #266
Marked known.