Ursprache

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ursprache, from ur- + Sprache (“language”).

Pronunciation

• (Anglicised) IPA^(key): /ˈʊəspɹɑːkə/,

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (Germanic) IPA^(key): /ˈuːɹʃpɹaːxə/

Noun

Ursprache (plural Ursprachen)

1. A proto-language.
   • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:

     I had lost him. He might have been speaking Ursprache, for all that I understood.

Anagrams

• purchaser

German

Etymology

ur- +‎ Sprache

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Ursprache f (genitive Ursprache, plural Ursprachen)

1. proto-language
2. original language

   Synonym: Originalsprache

Declension

Declension of Ursprache [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ursprache	die	Ursprachen
genitive	einer	der	Ursprache	der	Ursprachen
dative	einer	der	Ursprache	den	Ursprachen
accusative	eine	die	Ursprache	die	Ursprachen

Further reading

• “Ursprache” in Duden online
• “Ursprache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache