Word of the Day: Sprachgefühl

Can you pronounce Sprachgefühl?

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Sprachgefühl noun 1. Intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language. 2. The essential character of a language. "My flashcards couldn't teach me the Sprachgefühl of the language, so I joined a conversation group." "He had to study French for 10 years to begin to grasp its Sprachgefühl." "I gained a better sense of the Sprachgefühl of the language after I lived in the country for a year." Ads help keep Word Daily free. German, early 20th century This word originated in German from a combination of the words "Sprache" ("speech, a language") and "Gefühl" ("feeling"). Sprachgefühl is one way experienced wordsmiths instinctively know that something sounds off. ... Thank you for supporting our advertisers. Do you remember these words?

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