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# {{lb|de|countable}} [[language]] {{gloss|body of words, and set of methods of combining them}}
# {{lb|de|countable}} [[language]] {{gloss|syllabary, and a set of ways to combine them}}
#: {{ux|de|Ist Deutsch eine schwere '''Sprache''' zu erlernen?|Is German a difficult '''language''' to learn?}}
#: {{ux|de|Ist Deutsch eine schwere '''Sprache''' zu erlernen?|Is German a difficult '''language''' to learn?}}
#: {{ux|de|Sie lernt sehr gern '''Sprachen'''.|She loves to learn '''languages'''.}}
#: {{ux|de|Sie lernt sehr gern '''Sprachen'''.|She loves to learn '''languages'''.}}

Revision as of 03:38, 23 November 2021

See also: spräche

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sprache, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku. Cognate with Dutch spraak, English speech, Danish sprog, Swedish språk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpʁaːxə/, [ˈʃpʁäːχə], [ˈʃpʁɑːχə], [ˈʃprɑːxə]
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Noun

Sprache f (genitive Sprache, plural Sprachen)

  1. (countable) language (syllabary, and a set of ways to combine them)
    Ist Deutsch eine schwere Sprache zu erlernen?
    Is German a difficult language to learn?
    Sie lernt sehr gern Sprachen.
    She loves to learn languages.
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 32/2010, page 102:
      Das Buch wurde in mehr als ein Dutzend Sprachen übersetzt und verkaufte sich millionenfach.
      The book was translated into more than a dozen languages and sold more than a million copies.
  2. (uncountable) speech (style of speaking)
    jemandem die Sprache verschlagen ― to leave somebody speechless
    Du benutzt eine sehr gehobene und höfliche Sprache.
    Your manner of speech is very elevated and polite.
  3. (uncountable) speech (faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak)

Declension

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Hyponyms

See Category:de:Languages, and compare derived terms ending in -sprache.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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