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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Ursprache.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʊəspɹɑːkə/,
- (Germanised) IPA(key): /ˈuːɹʃpɹaːxə/
Noun
Ursprache (plural Ursprachen)
- A proto-language.
1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:I had lost him. He might have been speaking Ursprache, for all that I understood.
Anagrams
German
Etymology
ur- + Sprache
Pronunciation
Noun
Ursprache f (genitive Ursprache, plural Ursprachen)
- proto-language
- original language
- Synonym: Originalsprache
Declension
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