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Etymology
From Dutch spraak, from Middle Dutch sprâke, from Old Dutch *sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā, *sprāku.
Pronunciation
Noun
spraak (plural sprake)
- (uncountable) speech (ability to speak)
- Synonym: spraakvermoë
hy het sy spraak verloor- he lost his ability to speak
breinskade kan spraak aantas- brain damage can affect speech
- (uncountable) speech; parlance (act and manner of speaking)
hierdie is tipies van die Kaapse spraak- this is typical of the Cape parlance
- (uncountable) utterance, discourse, speech
- Synonym: rede
ons het gesukkel om spraak en geraas van mekaar te skei- we struggled to separate speech and noise from each other
- (countable, archaic) language, dialect
- Synonym: taal
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Dutch
Etymology
From earlier sprake, from Middle Dutch sprâke, from Old Dutch *sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā, *sprāku; the word thus ultimately represents an ablauted derivation, with lengthened vowel (vṛddhi), from the same root as spreken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spraːk/
- Hyphenation: spraak
- Rhymes: -aːk
Noun
spraak f (plural spraken, diminutive spraakje n)
- speech, speaking
Zijn spraak was duidelijk en goed verstaanbaar.- His speech was clear and easily understandable.
De leraar gaf een inspirerende spraak tijdens de afstudeerceremonie.- The teacher delivered an inspiring speech during the graduation ceremony.
Het kind begon te lachen bij het horen van zijn eigen onverstaanbare spraakje.- The child started laughing upon hearing his own incomprehensible speech.
- (archaic) language
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