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Sprachgefühl

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Sprachgefühl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Sprachgefühl.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 語感 /语感 (yǔgǎn) — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Dutch: taalgevoel — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Esperanto: lingvosento — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Finnish: kielikorva — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • German: Sprachgefühl — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Hungarian: nyelvérzék — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Japanese: 語感 (gokan) — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Korean: 어감 (eogam) — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: språkøre — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: språkfølelse — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: språkkjensle — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: språkøyre — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Polish: poczucie językowe — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Polish: intuicja językowa — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Polish: wyczucie językowe — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Russian: чу́вство языка́ (čúvstvo jazyká) — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Russian: языково́е чутьё (jazykovóje čutʹjó) — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Spanish: intuición lingüística — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Swedish: språkkänsla — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Vietnamese: ngữ cảm — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language
  • Yiddish: שפּראַכגעפֿיל (shprakhgefil) — the instinctive or intuitive grasp of a language