Feminine
Meaning

  1. (countable, feminine) language (body of words, and set of methods of combining them)
  2. (feminine, uncountable) speech (style of speaking)
  3. (feminine, uncountable) speech (faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak)

Synonyms

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Fribourg

Fribourg

sprooch

Zürich

Zürich

sprach

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

sproch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

sproch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

sprooch

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃpʁaːxə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku. Cognate with Dutch spraak, English speech, Danish sprog, Swedish språk.

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