Ursprache

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Anglicised) IPA(key): /ˈʊəspɹɑːkə/,
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (Germanic) IPA(key): /ˈuːɹʃpɹaːxə/

Noun

Ursprache (plural Ursprachen)

  1. 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

ur- +‎ Sprache

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxə/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Ursprache f (genitive Ursprache, plural Ursprachen)

  1. proto-language
  2. 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

Further reading
  • “Ursprache” in Duden online
  • “Ursprache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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