spraak

From Dutch spraak, from Middle Dutch sprâke, from Old Dutch *sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā, *sprāku.

• Hyphenation: spraak

spraak (plural sprake)

1. (uncountable) speech (ability to speak)

   Synonym: spraakvermoë

   hy het sy spraak verloor

   he lost his ability to speak

   breinskade kan spraak aantas

   brain damage can affect speech

2. (uncountable) speech; parlance (act and manner of speaking)

   hierdie is tipies van die Kaapse spraak

   this is typical of the Cape parlance

3. (uncountable) utterance, discourse, speech

   Synonym: rede

   ons het gesukkel om spraak en geraas van mekaar te skei

   we struggled to separate speech and noise from each other

4. (countable, archaic) language, dialect

   Synonym: taal

• spreek (“to speak, to utter”)
• spreuk (“adage, proverb”)
• toespraak (“speech, address”)
• uitspraak (“pronunciation”)

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From Middle Dutch sprâke, from Old Dutch *sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā, *sprāku.

• IPA^(key): /spraːk/

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• Hyphenation: spraak
• Rhymes: -aːk

spraak f (plural spraken, diminutive spraakje n)

1. speech
2. (archaic) language

• dative singular: sprake

• ruggespraak
• slokdarmspraak
• spraakkunst
• uitspraak

• spreken

• Afrikaans: spraak