Verb

betonen

to emphasize, to stress, to highlight

Er betonte die Wichtigkeit des Projekts.

He emphasized the importance of the project.

Bei diesem Wort betont man die erste Silbe.

In this word, you stress the first syllable.

((sth.)) to emphasize sth. Er betonte die Wichtigkeit dieser Regel.

((sth.)) to stress sth. (phonetics) Man muss die erste Silbe betonen.

Synonyms: hervorheben (highlight), unterstreichen (underline)

be- (prefix) + Ton (tone/sound) + -en. To put a tone or stress on something.

Think 'be-tone' -> to put a tone/stress on it.

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