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German
Etymology
Schrift (“writing”) + Sprache (“language”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃʁɪftˌʃpʁaːxə/
- Hyphenation: Schrift‧spra‧che
Noun
Schriftsprache f (genitive Schriftsprache, plural Schriftsprachen)
- written language
- (Switzerland, sociolinguistics) standard language
1978, Heinz Kloss, Die Entwicklung neuer germanischer Kultursprachen seit 1800 (Sprache der Gegenwart: Schriften des Instituts für deutsche Sprache; vol. 37), 2nd edition, Düsseldorf: Pädagogischer Verlag Schwann, page 192:In der mittelniedersächsischen Zeit war das Sassische auch hier [= in den Niederlanden] die Schriftsprache.- In the Middle Low Saxon period, Low Saxon was the standard language here also.
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