Spruch
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German spruch, from Old High German *spruh, from Proto-West Germanic *spruki (“saying”), related to the verb *sprekan (“to speak”). Cognate with Dutch spreuk, German Low German Spröök.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Spruch m (strong, genitive Spruches or Spruchs, plural Sprüche, diminutive Sprüchlein n or Sprüchelchen n)
- short saying, expression or dictum that is remembered or is meaningful in itself
- (law) judgment, decision
Declension edit
Declension of Spruch [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms edit
- Bibelspruch (“Bible verse quoted or recited for inspiration”)
- Freispruch
- Funkspruch
- Gerichtsspruch (“judgment, verdict”)
- Gottesspruch (“divine oracle”)
- Liebesspruch (“love spell”)
- Narrenspruch (“fools' saying”)
- Richterspruch (“verdict, sentence”)
- Schiedspruch (“arbitration verdict, arbitral award”)
- Schuldspruch (“guilty verdict”)
- Sinnspruch (“life maxim, aphorism”)
- Trinkspruch (“toast (salutation)”)
- Urteilsspruch (“verdict, sentence”)
- Wahlspruch (“election slogan, motto”)
- Wahlspruch (“motto, slogan”)
- Wappenspruch (“heraldic motto”)
- Widerspruch (“objection, contradiction”)
- Zauberspruch (“magic spell”)
Related terms edit
- Sprache
- sprechen
- Sprichwort
- spruchreif
- spruchhaft
- Spruchrichter
- Anspruch
- Ausspruch
- Einspruch
- Zuspruch
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “Spruch” in Duden online
- “Spruch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Spruch” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German spruch, from Old High German *spruh, from Proto-Germanic *sprukiz (“saying”), related to the verb *sprekaną (“to speak”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Spruch m (plural Sprich, diminutive Sprichelche)