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spraak

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See also: Spraak and språk

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch spraak, from Middle Dutch sprâke, from Old Dutch *sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā, *sprāku.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: spraak

Noun

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spraak (plural sprake)

  1. (uncountable) speech (ability to speak)
    Synonym: spraakvermoë
    hy het sy spraak verloor
    he lost his ability to speak
    breinskade kan spraak aantas
    brain damage can affect speech
  2. (uncountable) speech; parlance (act and manner of speaking)
    hierdie is tipies van die Kaapse spraak
    this is typical of the Cape parlance
  3. (uncountable) utterance, discourse, speech
    Synonym: rede
    ons het gesukkel om spraak en geraas van mekaar te skei
    we struggled to separate speech and noise from each other
  4. (countable, archaic) language, dialect
    Synonym: taal

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier sprake, from Middle Dutch sprâke, from Old Dutch sprāca, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā, *sprāku; the word thus ultimately represents an ablauted derivation, with lengthened vowel (vṛddhi), from the same root as spreken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spraːk/
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  • Hyphenation: spraak
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

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spraak f (plural spraken, diminutive spraakje n)

  1. speech (act, manner or faculty of speaking)
    Hij heeft zijn spraak verloren. ― He lost his ability to speak.
    Zijn spraak was duidelijk en goed verstaanbaar. ― His way of speaking was clear and easily understandable.
  2. (archaic) language

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: spraak
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