Wie man „decades“ auf Englisch ausspricht
ˈdɛk.eɪdz
DEK·aydz
Hauptbetonung: DEK
Höre Muttersprachler „decades“ im Kontext echter Videoclips sprechen
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “decades”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
DEK
Gliding diphthong with sustained vocal resonance.
aydz
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
Primary emphasis falls on the first syllable ("DEK"). Raise your pitch and sustain the vowel length on this syllable while relaxing the surrounding syllables.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels.
How Native Speakers Say It: Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When "decades" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "decades is" sounds like "decades-iz").
In natural sentences, avoid over-stressing "decades" unless it conveys the core contrast or focal point of your message.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“decades earlier. And part of that was because when the American colonization moves in, they set up a bounty system.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“decades, societal movements and protest and political change have been brought about by individuals documenting injustice or abuse of power”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“decades earlier so I think you see from this episode that as I said or there's something interesting about these”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“decades. And so one way we think about it is there are organisms on Earth that it's very cheap, very”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“decades in this country in which wealth, voice, clout, and opportunity have been concentrating into fewer and fewer hands.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“Decades later, after he became a naturalized citizen in the 1980s, the president that grandfather admired so much,”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
Aussprache üben: „decades“
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decades earlier. And part of that was because when the American colonization moves in, they set up a bounty system.
Im Kontext hören: “decades”
30.207 ClipsThe Englisch word “decades” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˈdɛk.eɪdz (phonetic respelling: DEK-aydz). Phonologically, it consists of 2 syllables (DEK · aydz), with primary lexical stress placed on the 1st (initial) syllable (DEK). Grammatically, “decades” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 30.207 authentic Englisch video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “decades” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USClip #1 · @14:19
“peoples left alive, out of hundreds of thousands just a few decades earlier. And part of that was because when the American colonization moves in, they set up a bounty system. And part of that was because when”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #2 · @44:50
“and we've seen more and more over the past two decades, societal movements and protest and political change have been brought about by individuals documenting injustice or abuse of power and political change have been brought”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #3 · @12:02
“papers which had been established decades earlier so I think you see from this episode that as I said or there's something interesting about these this episode that as I said or there's”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #4 · @27:37
“has to send humans to Mars within the next two or three decades. And so one way we think about it is there are organisms on Earth that it's very cheap, very And so one way we think about it is”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #5 · @2:49
“honest about it, the natural consequence of four decades in this country in which wealth, voice, clout, and opportunity have been concentrating into fewer and fewer hands. and opportunity have been concentrating”
Definition & Bedeutung: “decades”
- Periods of ten years.
Beispielsätze im Kontext (3)
- “She has lived in this city for over three decades.”
- “decades earlier. And part of that was because when the American colonization moves in, they set up a bounty system.”
- “decades, societal movements and protest and political change have been brought about by individuals documenting injustice or abuse of power”
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Aussprache: “decades”
- Pronunciation:
- DEK-aydz
- Silben:
- DEK · aydz
- Written Hyphenation:
- dec · ades
- Hauptbetonung:
- DEK
- IPA:
- ˈdɛk.eɪdz
- Im Kontext hören
- decades
Synonyme: “decades”
Höre bedeutungsverwandte Wörter zu „decades“ in echten Videoclips:
Reimwörter für “decades”
-ɛkeɪdzKlangidentische Wörter (Homophone)
Einzigartiger KlangFür "decades" (⁄ˈdɛk.eɪdz⁄) sind keine exakten Homophone bekannt.
Häufige Fragen zu „decades“
Wie spricht man „decades“ aus?
„decades“ wird als ⁄ˈdɛk.eɪdz⁄ (DEK-aydz) ausgesprochen. Höre dir die Videoclips von Muttersprachlern oben an, um es im echten Sprachgebrauch zu hören.
Wie viele Silben hat „decades“?
„decades“ hat 2 Silben: DEK · aydz.
Wo liegt die Betonung bei „decades“?
Die Hauptbetonung bei „decades“ liegt auf „DEK“. Achte in den Clips oben besonders auf die betonte Silbe.
Was bedeutet „decades“?
Periods of ten years.
Wie kann ich „decades“ in echten Sätzen hören?
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What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “decades”?
Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels. Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).