Sprachspiel

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German

Etymology

Sprache +‎ Spiel, coined or popularized by L. Wittgenstein.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Sprachspiel n (strong, genitive Sprachspieles or Sprachspiels, plural Sprachspiele)

  1. language game

Declension

References

  1. ^ Ludwig Wittgenstein (1953) “§ 7”, in Philosophische Untersuchungen [Philosophical Investigations] (in German):Ich werde auch das Ganze: der Sprache und der Tätigkeiten, mit denen sie verwoben ist, das »Sprachspiel« nennen.

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