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Central Franconian
- spräche (Colognian Academy spelling)
- spreche (rarer byform, but frequent in Kölsch)
- sprääche (chiefly Ripuarian)
- spreache (parts of Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Middle High German sprëchen, from Old High German sprehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan. Compare Limburgish spraeke and sjpraeke, German sprechen, Dutch spreken, English speak.
Pronunciation
Verb
sjprèche (third-person singular present sjprik or sjprikt, past tense sjprooch, present participle sjprèchend or sjprèchens, past participle jesjpraoche)
- (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to speak (some language, the truth, etc.)
Iech sjprèch Kirchröadsj.- I speak Kerkradish.
- (Kirchröadsj, intransitive, , ) to speak, to talk, to give a speech
Heë sjprikt oes Ervaroeng.- He speaks from experience.
- (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to say, to speak (a word, phrase, sentence, prayer, etc.)
V'r hant jister e Jebed jesjpraoche.- We said a prayer yesterday.
- (Kirchröadsj, archaic, reflexive, of a word) to have a pronunciation; to be pronounced (some way)
Wie sjprik siech dat?- How do you pronounce this?
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