In the following data where primary stress appears it will be shown as an "acute accent."
The acute accent is written according to the general accentuation rules.
The acute accent is used to mark the primary stress of a word.
The acute accent fell out of favor by the 19th century.
It can be combined with acute or grave accents, if necessary.
This is resolved by the use of the acute accent.
Sometimes, the acute accent changes the sound of the whole word by giving it stress in a sentence.
Other long vowels are written with a single acute accent.
In the following examples, acute accents show the placement of word stress.
In Dutch, the acute accent can also be used to emphasize an individual word within a sentence.