Ursprache

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ursprache, from ur- + Sprache (“language”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Anglicised" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈʊəspɹɑːkə/,
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Germanic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈuːɹʃpɹaːxə/

Noun

Ursprache (plural Ursprachen)

  1. A proto-language.
    • 1993, I had lost him. He might have been speaking Ursprache, for all that I understood. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun

Anagrams

German

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Etymology

ur- +‎ Sprache

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌʃpʀaːxə/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Ursprache f (genitive Ursprache, plural Ursprachen)

  1. proto-language
  2. original language
    Synonym: Originalsprache

Further reading

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