Sprooch

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Sproch (alternative spelling, including Colognian Academy)

Etymology

From Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpʀɔːx/

Noun

Sprooch f (plural Sprooche)

1. (most dialects) language
   • 2013, “Kölsche Jung”‎^[1]performed by Brings, song without written lyrics:

     We’ mer se sprääche, dann läv se noch lang,
     Dann jeiht se och niemols kapott.
     Uns Spro(o)ch es e Jeschenk vum leeve Jott.

     If we speak it, it will live on for long,
     And it will never be broken.
     Our language is a gift of God.

Related terms

• sprääche

East Central German

Alternative forms

• Schprohch

Etymology

Compare German Sprache.

Noun

Sprooch f

1. (Erzgebirgisch) language

Further reading

Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[2] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 118

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā. Cognate with German Sprache, Dutch spraak, English speech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpʀoːχ/

Noun

Sprooch f (plural Sproochen)

1. (uncountable) speech
2. language

Further reading

• Sprooch in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire