Ansprache
German, noun
Ansprache is spelled A-N-S-P-R-A-C-H-E (9 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ansprache is a German feminine noun meaning “speech, address (an oration on a specific topic for a specific audience)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, anspräche is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive II of ansprechen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rede zu einem bestimmten Thema für eine gewählte Zuhörerschaft”.
What does Ansprache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespeech, address (an oration on a specific topic for a specific audience)
Der Professor hielt eine lange Ansprache an die Menge.
- 2
femininetoast (speech involved)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive II of ansprechen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rede zu einem bestimmten Thema für eine gewählte Zuhörerschaft
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ansprache
- Ansprachen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ansprache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ansprache in German?
Ansprache appears 5.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).