Wie man „dormouse“ auf Englisch ausspricht
ˈdɔːr.maʊs
DOR·mows
Hauptbetonung: DOR
Höre Muttersprachler „dormouse“ im Kontext echter Videoclips sprechen
Finished with his early-season nuts, the dormouse is filling up on sugar-rich fruit. the dormouse is filling up on sugar-rich fruit.
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “dormouse”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
DOR
Gliding diphthong with sustained vocal resonance.
mows
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
Primary emphasis falls on the first syllable ("DOR"). 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 followed by a vowel, insert a subtle glide (/w/ or /j/) to connect into the subsequent word without an abrupt glottal stop.
In natural sentences, avoid over-stressing "dormouse" unless it conveys the core contrast or focal point of your message.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“Finished with his early-season nuts, the dormouse is filling up on sugar-rich fruit.”— Smithsonian ChannelWatch clip
“like a dormouse, this superfluidly of ebullience, I mean love, sprang from me like silly spring over and the other dementia and Alzheimer's sunk old folks,”— Harvard UniversityWatch clip
“those shapes in your head to see whether "hatter" and "dormouse" and "march hare" were all mentioned in the same place.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“hatter looked anxiously at the Dormouse expec ing him to deny everything too but”— Little Fox - Kids Stories and SongsWatch clip
“And if you read John Markoff's book, "What the Dormouse Saw," the early days were a bunch of people who were stoners, and trippers, and poets manque,”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“Finally satisfied, the dormouse heads back towards the safety of his burrow.”— Smithsonian ChannelWatch clip
Aussprache üben: „dormouse“
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Finished with his early-season nuts, the dormouse is filling up on sugar-rich fruit.
Im Kontext hören: “dormouse”
11 ClipsThe Englisch word “dormouse” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˈdɔːr.maʊs (phonetic respelling: DOR-mows). Phonologically, it consists of 2 syllables (DOR · mows), with primary lexical stress placed on the 1st (initial) syllable (DOR). Grammatically, “dormouse” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 11 authentic Englisch video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “dormouse” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from Smithsonian Channel, Harvard University, Little Fox - Kids Stories and Songs.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USSmithsonian ChannelClip #1 · @0:00
“Finished with his early-season nuts, the dormouse is filling up on sugar-rich fruit. the dormouse is filling up on sugar-rich fruit.”
- 🇺🇸 USHarvard UniversityClip #2 · @20:20
“find her sitting in her wheelchair sometimes dozing like a dormouse, this superfluidly of ebullience, I mean love, sprang from me like silly spring over and the other dementia and Alzheimer's sunk old folks, I mean love, sprang from me like silly spring over”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #3 · @42:35
“scan over every one of these words, right? And remember the shapes and try to compare those shapes in your head to see whether "hatter" and "dormouse" and "march hare" were all mentioned in the same place. This is just, it's a non-, it's an impossible task. It's just not possible in the same place. This is just, it's a non-, it's an impossible task. It's just not possible”
- 🇺🇸 USLittle Fox - Kids Stories and SongsClip #4 · @3:27
“real mess of their slates she thought well then the DOR Mouse said the hatter looked anxiously at the Dormouse expec ing him to deny everything too but the door mouse was fast asleep after that the hatter said I had”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #5 · @4:39
“It was a bunch of weirdos. And if you read John Markoff's book, "What the Dormouse Saw," the early days were a bunch of people who were stoners, and trippers, and poets manque, the early days were a bunch of people”
Definition & Bedeutung: “dormouse”
- Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.
Beispielsätze im Kontext (3)
- “For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France.”
- “Finished with his early-season nuts, the dormouse is filling up on sugar-rich fruit.”
- “like a dormouse, this superfluidly of ebullience, I mean love, sprang from me like silly spring over and the other dementia and Alzheimer's sunk old folks,”
Häufige Redewendungen & Kollokationen
Aussprache: “dormouse”
- Pronunciation:
- DOR-mows
- Silben:
- DOR · mows
- Written Hyphenation:
- dor · mouse
- Hauptbetonung:
- DOR
- IPA:
- ˈdɔːr.maʊs
- Im Kontext hören
- dormouse
Reimwörter für “dormouse”
-ɔrmaʊsKlangidentische Wörter (Homophone)
Einzigartiger KlangFür "dormouse" (⁄ˈdɔːr.maʊs⁄) sind keine exakten Homophone bekannt.
Häufige Fragen zu „dormouse“
Wie spricht man „dormouse“ aus?
„dormouse“ wird als ⁄ˈdɔːr.maʊs⁄ (DOR-mows) ausgesprochen. Höre dir die Videoclips von Muttersprachlern oben an, um es im echten Sprachgebrauch zu hören.
Wie viele Silben hat „dormouse“?
„dormouse“ hat 2 Silben: DOR · mows.
Wo liegt die Betonung bei „dormouse“?
Die Hauptbetonung bei „dormouse“ liegt auf „DOR“. Achte in den Clips oben besonders auf die betonte Silbe.
Was bedeutet „dormouse“?
Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.
Wie kann ich „dormouse“ in echten Sätzen hören?
Diese Seite enthält 11 echte Videobeispiele für „dormouse“ mit synchronisierten Untertiteln. Nutze Zurück / Weiter (oder die Pfeiltasten ← / →), um jedes Beispiel genau im Moment des Sprechens zu hören.
What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “dormouse”?
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⁄).