Bildungssprache
German, noun[ˈbɪldʊŋsˌʃpʀaːχə]
Bildungssprache is spelled B-I-L-D-U-N-G-S-S-P-R-A-C-H-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bildungssprache is a German feminine noun meaning “a dialect or register of language used in education or training” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sprachvarietät, in der (vor allem schulische) Ausbildung/Bildung stattfindet und die von derart Ausgebildeten…”.
What does Bildungssprache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea dialect or register of language used in education or training
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sprachvarietät, in der (vor allem schulische) Ausbildung/Bildung stattfindet und die von derart Ausgebildeten verwendet wird
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 Bildungssprache
- Bildungssprachen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bildungssprache?
- [ˈbɪldʊŋsˌʃpʀaːχə]
- [ˈbɪldʊŋsˌʃpʁaːxə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Bildungssprache in German?
Bildungssprache appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).