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Ursprache

/ˈʊəspɹɑːkə/

Ursprache noun: a proto-language.

Noun

Ursprache (plural Ursprachen)

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

Forms of Ursprache

pluralUrsprachen

Origin of Ursprache

Unadapted borrowing from German Ursprache.

Questions about Ursprache

What does Ursprache mean?
Ursprache means a proto-language.
What part of speech is Ursprache?
Ursprache is a noun.
How do you pronounce Ursprache?
Ursprache is pronounced /ˈʊəspɹɑːkə/.
What is the plural of Ursprache?
The plural of Ursprache is Ursprachen.

Words near Ursprache in the dictionary

  1. ursolic acids
  2. urson
  3. ursons
  4. ursophile
  5. ursophiles
  6. Ursprache
  7. Ursprachen
  8. urstromtal
  9. urstromtals
  10. urstromtäler
  11. Ursua

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