Wie man „sentimental“ auf Englisch ausspricht
ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl
sen·tih·MEN·təl
Hauptbetonung: MEN
Höre Muttersprachler „sentimental“ im Kontext echter Videoclips sprechen
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “sentimental”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
sen
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
tih
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
MEN
Elevated pitch, sustained vowel length, and full acoustic clarity.
təl
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
Primary emphasis falls on the third syllable ("MEN"). 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 "sentimental" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "sentimental is" sounds like "sentimental-iz").
Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "sentimental" aligns naturally with adjacent words.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“sentimental uh his poem is a lot about love uh as the Poetry of K is or was and”— Harvard UniversityWatch clip
“sentimental but the nostalgia which is a love of the past is very deep in human”— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
“sentimental anecdotes are be resilient well I kid you not if you get are thrown”— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“sentimental fanatic patriotic language call murder murder or outrage outrage”— StanfordWatch clip
“sentimental about the original telephone ringing it will become sentimental about the Facebook ring or the Skype ring and there'll be pases to that that was a lot”— WIREDWatch clip
“sentimental phrase as 'self-evident' or 'admitted truth', which is either palpably false or to which upon examination it will be found that they attach”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
Aussprache üben: „sentimental“
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sentimental uh his poem is a lot about love uh as the Poetry of K is or was and
Im Kontext hören: “sentimental”
480 ClipsThe Englisch word “sentimental” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl (phonetic respelling: sen-tih-MEN-təl). Phonologically, it consists of 4 syllables (sen · tih · MEN · təl), with primary lexical stress placed on the 3rd syllable (MEN). Grammatically, “sentimental” functions as a adjective. SayItVid indexes 480 authentic Englisch video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “sentimental” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from Harvard University, MIT OpenCourseWare, TEDx Talks.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USHarvard UniversityClip #1 · @52:01
“without making concessions to any uh um simplifying or to to or to being sentimental uh his poem is a lot about love uh as the Poetry of K is or was and uh in uh it's a lot about many other things it's about life and this whole”
- 🇺🇸 USMIT OpenCourseWareClip #2 · @110:52
“probably don't do other people if they overdo it then we say they're sentimental but the nostalgia which is a love of the past is very deep in human beings may be regrettable sometimes and their whole schools of literature the”
- 🇺🇸 USTEDx TalksClip #3 · @10:43
“exhausted they're tired of the one-off incentives have a cake on us day Andy sentimental anecdotes are be resilient well I kid you not if you get are thrown under the bus and get crushed that's not lack of resilience it's physics it's”
- 🇺🇸 USStanfordClip #4 · @18:22
“who laughs bitterly at the ghastly humor of a nation that cannot because of sentimental fanatic patriotic language call murder murder or outrage outrage right a novel that uses sentimental language against itself to expose the”
- 🇺🇸 USWIREDClip #5 · @8:35
“months I think we're going to get into that era where we're no longer sentimental about the original telephone ringing it will become sentimental about the Facebook ring or the Skype ring and there'll be pases to that that was a lot the Facebook ring or the Skype ring and there'll be pases to that that was a lot”
Definition & Bedeutung: “sentimental”
- Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.
- Derived from emotion rather than logical reason.
Beispielsätze im Kontext (3)
- “Are you in sentimental mood? I'll sigh with you.”
- “sentimental uh his poem is a lot about love uh as the Poetry of K is or was and”
- “sentimental but the nostalgia which is a love of the past is very deep in human”
Häufige Redewendungen & Kollokationen
Aussprache: “sentimental”
- Pronunciation:
- sen-tih-MEN-təl
- Silben:
- sen · tih · MEN · təl
- Written Hyphenation:
- sen · ti · men · tal
- Hauptbetonung:
- MEN
- IPA:
- ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl
- Im Kontext hören
- sentimental
Reimwörter für “sentimental”
-ɛntəlKlangidentische Wörter (Homophone)
Einzigartiger KlangFür "sentimental" (⁄ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl⁄) sind keine exakten Homophone bekannt.
Häufige Fragen zu „sentimental“
Wie spricht man „sentimental“ aus?
„sentimental“ wird als ⁄ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl⁄ (sen-tih-MEN-təl) ausgesprochen. Höre dir die Videoclips von Muttersprachlern oben an, um es im echten Sprachgebrauch zu hören.
Wie viele Silben hat „sentimental“?
„sentimental“ hat 4 Silben: sen · tih · MEN · təl.
Wo liegt die Betonung bei „sentimental“?
Die Hauptbetonung bei „sentimental“ liegt auf „MEN“. Achte in den Clips oben besonders auf die betonte Silbe.
Was bedeutet „sentimental“?
Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.
Wie kann ich „sentimental“ in echten Sätzen hören?
Diese Seite enthält 480 echte Videobeispiele für „sentimental“ 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 “sentimental”?
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⁄).