Sprache

German (Berlin)

/ˈʃpʁaːxə/, [di‿ˈʃpɾɑːχə]

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) language body of words, and set of methods of combining them
  • (uncountable) speech style of speaking
  • (uncountable) speech faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words, the ability to speak

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German sprache inherited from Old High German sprāhha inherited from Proto-Germanic *sprēkijō (speaking, language, speech).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sprēkijō

Gloss

speaking, language, speech

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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