Ursprache

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Usage notes 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

German, from ur- + Sprache (“‘language’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'ʊəsprɑ:kə/, (foreign) IPA: /'u:rʃpra:xə/

[edit] Noun

Ursprache (plural Ursprachen)

1. A proto-language.

   • 1993, I had lost him. He might have been speaking Ursprache, for all that I understood. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun

[edit] Usage notes

Ursprache was the winning word at the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acehprrsu
• purchaser