Erstspracherwerb
German, noun/ˈeːɐ̯stʃpʁaːxʔɛɐ̯ˌvɛʁp/
Erstspracherwerb is spelled E-R-S-T-S-P-R-A-C-H-E-R-W-E-R-B (16 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erstspracherwerb is a German masculine noun meaning “first language acquisition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erlernen der Sprache, die ein Kind in den ersten Lebensjahren vorrangig verwendet, in der Regel die…”.
What does Erstspracherwerb mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefirst language acquisition
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Erlernen der Sprache, die ein Kind in den ersten Lebensjahren vorrangig verwendet, in der Regel die Muttersprache
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 Erstspracherwerb
- Erstspracherwerbs genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Erstspracherwerb?
- /ˈeːɐ̯stʃpʁaːxʔɛɐ̯ˌvɛʁp/
- [ˈeːɐ̯stʃpʁaːxʔɛɐ̯ˌvɛʁp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Erstspracherwerb in German?
Erstspracherwerb appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).