Ursprache
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Ursprache.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʊəspɹɑːkə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxə/
Audio: (file)
Noun
Ursprache f (genitive Ursprache, plural Ursprachen)
- proto-language
- original language
- Synonym: Originalsprache
Declension
Declension of Ursprache [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Ursprache | die | Ursprachen |
| genitive | einer | der | Ursprache | der | Ursprachen |
| dative | einer | der | Ursprache | den | Ursprachen |
| accusative | eine | die | Ursprache | die | Ursprachen |