how to pronounce marionette

/maʁi̯oˈnɛtə/

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marionette is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of marionette in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… gefallen daran eine marionette der d3 zu …”

meanings of marionette

noun:

Puppet (person, country, etc, controlled by another).
Marionette, puppet (puppet which is animated by the pulling of strings).

marionette frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word marionette occurs in german on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.