spraak

See also: Spraak and språk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sprâke, from Old Dutch *sprāka, from Proto-Germanic *sprēkijō, *sprēkō.

Cognate with Low German spraak, German Sprache, English speech, Danish sprog, Swedish språk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spraːk/

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• Hyphenation: spraak
• Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

spraak f (plural spraken, diminutive spraakje n)

1. speech
2. (archaic) language

Derived terms

• ruggespraak
• spraakkunst
• uitspraak

Related terms

• spreken