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German
Etymology
From Sprache + Rohr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpʁaːxˌʁoːɐ̯/
- Hyphenation: Sprach‧rohr
Noun
Sprachrohr n (strong, genitive Sprachrohres or Sprachrohrs, plural Sprachrohre)
- (now uncommon) megaphone
- (by extension) mouthpiece (spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else)
2025 April 10, Alexander Friedman, “Krieg in der Ukraine: Umstrittener Gesandter”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Der Politikwissenschaftler Sergei Markow, ein bekanntes Sprachrohr des Kremls, fabuliert sogar von Witkoff, dem „guten US-amerikanischen Juden“ mit Vorfahren aus dem Zarenreich – als Gegenpol zum früheren Außenminister Antony Blinken. Blinken,- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “Sprachrohr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache