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sjprèche

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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German sprëchen, from Old High German sprehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan. Compare Limburgish spraeke and sjpraeke, German sprechen, Dutch spreken, English speak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpʀɛːχə/, [ˈʃpʁɛː.χə]

Verb

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sjprèche (third-person singular present sjprik or sjprikt, past tense sjprooch, present participle sjprèchend or sjprèchens, past participle jesjpraoche)

  1. (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to speak (some language, the truth, etc.)
    Iech sjprèch Kirchröadsj.
    I speak Kerkradish.
  2. (Kirchröadsj, intransitive, [uvver (about) + accusative], [oes (from)]) to speak, to talk, to give a speech
    Heë sjprikt oes Ervaroeng.
    He speaks from experience.
  3. (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to say, to speak (a word, phrase, sentence, prayer, etc.)
    V'r hant jister e Jebed jesjpraoche.
    We said a prayer yesterday.
  4. (Kirchröadsj, archaic, reflexive, of a word) to have a pronunciation; to be pronounced (some way)
    Wie sjprik siech dat?
    How do you pronounce this?

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