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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-xɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: zwei‧spra‧chig
Adjective
zweisprachig (strong nominative masculine singular zweisprachiger, not comparable)
- bilingual
- (of a book, etc.) containing text in two languages
- (of a person) able to communicate in two languages
Usage notes
- Since a solid majority of people in German-speaking countries is bilingual in the above sense, the word is now sometimes used in the stricter sense of “having grown up speaking two languages, having two native languages”.
Declension
Positive forms of zweisprachig (uncomparable)
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