gesprek
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch gesprek (“conversation”), from Middle Dutch gesprec (“speaking, speech”), from Old Dutch *gisprekki, from Proto-Germanic *gasprakją. Equivalent to ge- + spreek.
Pronunciation
Noun
gesprek (plural gesprekke)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gesprec (“speaking, speech”), from Old Dutch *gisprekki, from Proto-Germanic *gasprakją. Equivalent to ge- + spreken. Its use as a term for “conversation” dates to early Modern Dutch, in this sense it ultimately displaced older gespraak.
Pronunciation
Noun
gesprek n (plural gesprekken, diminutive gesprekje n)
- talk, verbal conversation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gesprek
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