zweisprachig
German
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-xɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: zwei‧spra‧chig
Adjective
editzweisprachig (strong nominative masculine singular zweisprachiger, not comparable)
- bilingual
- (of a book, etc.) containing text in two languages
- (of a person) able to communicate in two languages
Usage notes
edit- Since a solid majority of people in German-speaking countries is bilingual in the above sense, the word is now sometimes used in the stricter sense of “having grown up speaking two languages, having two native languages”.
Declension
editPositive forms of zweisprachig (uncomparable)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “zweisprachig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “zweisprachig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “zweisprachig” in Duden online