zweisprachig
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German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-xɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: zwei‧spra‧chig
Adjective[edit]
zweisprachig (strong nominative masculine singular zweisprachiger, not comparable)
- bilingual
- (of a book, etc.) containing text in two languages
- (of a person) able to communicate in two languages
Usage notes[edit]
- Since a solid majority of people in German-speaking countries is bilingual in the above sense, the word is now sometimes used in the stricter sense of “having grown up speaking two languages, having two native languages”.
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of zweisprachig (uncomparable)
Synonyms[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- “zweisprachig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “zweisprachig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “zweisprachig” in Duden online