Central Franconian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • Sproch (alternative spelling, including Colognian Academy)

Etymology edit

From Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Sprooch f (plural Sprooche)

  1. (most dialects) language
    • 2013, “Kölsche Jung”‎[1]performed by Brings, song without written lyrics:
      We’ mer se sprääche, dann läv se noch lang,
      Dann jeiht se och niemols kapott.
      Uns Spro(o)ch es e Jeschenk vum leeve Jott.
      If we speak it, it will live on for long,
      And it will never be broken.
      Our language is a gift of God.

Related terms edit

East Central German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compare German Sprache.

Noun edit

Sprooch f

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) language

Further reading edit

2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[2], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 118:

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā. Cognate with German Sprache, Dutch spraak, English speech.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃpʀoːχ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

Sprooch f (plural Sproochen)

  1. (uncountable) speech
  2. language