שפּראַך

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sprache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃprax]

Noun

שפּראַך • (shprakh) f, plural שפּראַכן (shprakhn)

1. language

Synonyms

• לשון (loshn)

Derived terms

• מוטער־שפּראַך (muter-shprakh, “mother tongue, native language”)
• שפּראַך־וויסנשאַפֿט f (shprakh-visnshaft, “linguistics”)
• שפּראַכיק (shprakhik, “linguistic”, adj)
• שפּראַכן־קענער (shprakhn-kener, “linguist”)
• שפּראַכפֿאַרמאָג (shprakhfarmog, “ability to speak”)