Sprech

Sprech

German

Etymology

Generalized from Neusprech, from sprechen, probably influenced by similar usage of the noun sense of English speak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃprɛç/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Sprech m (strong, genitive Sprechs, no plural)

  1. (informal, often in compounds) jargon, speak (vocabulary and manner of speech associated with a specific group/person)
    • 2010 November 16, Bounty, “Uaaahhh!”, in de.rec.sport.tauchen‎[1] (Usenet):
      Klarer Fall von Selbstüberschätzung, oder aber akute Überheblichkeit .. würde ich mal diagnostizieren. Zumindest bleibe ich damit bei deinem „Sprech“.
      Clear case of overconfidence, or an acute case of arrogance .. is what I would diagnose. To stick with your "speak", at least.
    • 2013 January 2, Christopher Weckwerth, “Das Zahlenspiel”, in Tagesspiegel‎[2], archived from the original on 7 October 2022:
      Wenn Hertha einen Angriff der Frankfurter unterbindet, klingt das im schnellen Stakkato des Scout-Sprechs so: […]
      Hertha stopping an attack by the Frankfurt team sounds like this, in the quick staccato of scout speak: […]

Declension

Declension of Sprech [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Sprech
genitive eines des Spreches, Sprechs
dative einem dem Sprech, Spreche1
accusative einen den Sprech

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived nouns

Further reading

  • “Sprech”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)
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