Ursprache

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ursprache, from ur- + Sprache (“language”).

Pronunciation

(Anglicised) IPA^(key): /ˈʊəspɹɑːkə/,
(Germanic) IPA^(key): /ˈuːɹʃpɹaːxə/

Noun

Ursprache (plural Ursprachen)

A proto-language.
- 1993, I had lost him. He might have been speaking Ursprache, for all that I understood. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun

Anagrams

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German

Etymology

ur- +‎ Sprache

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌʃpʀaːxə/

Noun

Ursprache f (genitive Ursprache, plural Ursprachen)

proto-language

Further reading

Ursprache in Duden online

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