Stress

In German words the stress usually falls on the first syllable (Flugzeug - airplane) with the exception of some words (warum - why), words with unstressed prefix (verstehen - understand) and words that came from other languages (Computer).

Unstressed prefixes:

be-, ge-, er-
ver-, zer-,
ent-, emp-, miss-

Tags: Aussprache, prefix, stress, syllable