spraak
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch spraak, from Middle Dutch sprâke, from Old Dutch *sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā, *sprāku.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: spraak
Noun
[edit]spraak (plural sprake)
- (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
- (uncountable) speech; parlance (act and manner of speaking)
- hierdie is tipies van die Kaapse spraak
- this is typical of the Cape parlance
- (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
- (countable, archaic) language, dialect
- Synonym: taal
Derived terms
[edit]- alleenspraak
- beeldspraak
- blommespraak
- buurtspraak
- driespraak
- fluisterspraak
- gedagtespraak
- godspraak
- handspraak
- hemelspraak
- regspraak
- spraakbelemmering
- spraakgebrek
- spraakgeluid
- spraakheelkunde
- spraakherkenning
- spraakloos
- spraakonderwyser
- spraakopleiding
- spraakprobleem
- spraaksaam
- spraakstoornis
- spraakterapeut
- spraakterapie
- spraakverlies
- spraakvermoë
- spraakverwarring
- tweespraak
Related terms
[edit]- spreek (“to speak, to utter”)
- spreuk (“adage, proverb”)
- toespraak (“speech, address”)
- uitspraak (“pronunciation”)
Further reading
[edit]- "spraak" at majstro.com
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier sprake, from Middle Dutch sprâke, from Old Dutch *sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprākkijā, *sprāku; the word thus ultimately represents an ablauted derivation, with lengthened vowel (vṛddhi), from the same root as spreken.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spraak f (plural spraken, diminutive spraakje n)
- speech, speaking
- Zijn spraak was duidelijk en goed verstaanbaar.
- His speech was clear and easily understandable.
- De leraar gaf een inspirerende spraak tijdens de afstudeerceremonie.
- The teacher delivered an inspiring speech during the graduation ceremony.
- Het kind begon te lachen bij het horen van zijn eigen onverstaanbare spraakje.
- The child started laughing upon hearing his own incomprehensible speech.
- (archaic) language
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: spraak
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- Rhymes:Dutch/aːk
- Rhymes:Dutch/aːk/1 syllable
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