Dangerous is stressed on the first syllable. (deyn-jer-uhs)

The second.

The first.

If the stressed and unstressed syllables are written, the stressed looks like ` and the unstressed looks like a u. They are the ones emphasized in a word and can be found in a dictionary in capitals.

DI-et

con-SUME

LEAP-ing

You can put extra emphasis on each syllable of a word and decide which one sounds normal.

SU-perb is wrong and sounds wrong

su-PERB is right and sounds like the regular word

Footprint is stressed on the first syllable.