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sprachgefühl

sprachgefühl is the alternative form of Sprachgefühl.

Noun capitalized: Sprachgefühl

Sprachgefühl (uncountable)

  1. The instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language.
    • Not everyone has sprachgefühl, and you don't know if you are possessed of it until you are knee-deep in the English language, trying your best to navigate the murky swamp of it.2017, Kory Stamper, Word By Word, Vintage, published 2018, page 15

Forms of sprachgefühl

alternative formsprachgefuhl
alternative formsprachgefühl

Origin of sprachgefühl

Unadapted borrowing from German Sprachgefühl.

Questions about sprachgefühl

What does sprachgefühl mean?
Sprachgefühl means the instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language.
What is sprachgefühl the alternative form of?
Sprachgefühl is the alternative form of Sprachgefühl.
What part of speech is sprachgefühl?
Sprachgefühl is a noun.

Words near sprachgefühl in the dictionary

  1. SPR
  2. sprachbund
  3. sprachbunds
  4. sprachbünde
  5. sprachgefuhl
  6. sprachgefühl
  7. Sprachraum
  8. sprack
  9. sprackle
  10. sprackled
  11. Spracklen

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