Dutch Syllable

Question 1

What are the rules of syllables?

Answer 1

If two vowels are separated by only one consonant, the consonant forms the beginning of the second syllable.
moe-ten, ma-ken, zeu-ren

If vowels are separated by more than one consonant, the first syllable gets one consonant, the second the rest:
paar-den, din-gen, wen-nen

Question 2

Last two rules of syllables

Answer 2

A compound word consists of two or more separate words. We split the compound word at the boundaries between the original words, thus leaving the original completely intact. We do the same with words that are derived from nouns or verbs: vergeetachtig = vergeet + achtig (forgetful = forget+ful).
waar-om, meet-een-heid, brood-oven, koop-ak-te, huur-au-to

“Ease of pronunciation”
This is what we do in general but if the next syllable starts with a sequence of consonants that is hard to pronounce, we place one (or more, if necessary) of the consonants at the end of the preceding syllable. What a Dutch speaker may find impossible to pronounce, may not be a challenge for someone with a different mother tongue.
koort-sig, amb-te-naar, Delft-se, erw-ten, start-ten