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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• (obsolete) sprake, spraeke

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.

• IPA^(key): /spraːk/

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• Hyphenation: spraak
• Rhymes: -aːk

spraak f (plural spraken, diminutive spraakje n)

1. 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.

2. (archaic) language

• Afrikaans: spraak