Sprache

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)

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃpʁaːxə/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Wenn man eine Sprache versteht , heißt das noch nicht , dass man sie gut spricht .

If you understand a language, it does not mean that you speak it well.

Als Populist muss man eine einfache Sprache sprechen , die jeder versteht .

As a populist, you have to speak a simple language that everyone understands.

Langsam begriff der Autor , dass es zu einer Sprache beinahe so viele Redewendungen wie Vokabeln gibt .

The author slowly realized that there are almost as many idioms as vocabulary for a language.

Sie variieren stark von der Epoche und der damals vorherrschenden Sprache .

They vary greatly from the era and the language prevailing at the time.