Swedish: Varför artikeln och inte artiklen?

gvergara

Senior Member
Castellano (variedad chilensis)
Hej:

Why isn't the e of the unstressed _el ending dropped? As far as I know, you drop it when in final unstressed syllable... Thanks in advance

Gonzalo
 
  • Tjahzi

    Senior Member
    Swedish (Göteborg)
    Well, it is dropped. It's just that the last syllable is the one containing the definite suffix: artikelen -> artikeln.
     

    gvergara

    Senior Member
    Castellano (variedad chilensis)
    Och varför

    himmel + _en= himlen, och inte
    himmel + _en= himmeln

    In other words, who do you drop the _e of the noun in this case and not the _e of the appended article? Both nouns(artikel and himmel) have the unstressed same ending.
     

    Tjahzi

    Senior Member
    Swedish (Göteborg)
    I would say that the root contains an anaptyxic vowel (that is, a vowel that doesn't exist in its own right, but appears to resolve a problematic consonant cluster).

    As such, the root of himmel is really him(m)l, which then becomes himl-en when it receives a definite suffix.

    Meanwhile, artikel is (apparently) consider to be the full root, not artikl*. (This could be due to artikel not being a native word.)
     
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