Gegenwartssprache
German, noun/ˈɡeːɡn̩vaʁt͡sˌʃpʁaːxə/
Gegenwartssprache is spelled G-E-G-E-N-W-A-R-T-S-S-P-R-A-C-H-E (17 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gegenwartssprache is a German feminine noun meaning “contemporary language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sprache in der Form, in dem Zustand, worin sie sich gerade (zum Zeitpunkt des Sprechers/Schreibers) befindet”.
What does Gegenwartssprache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontemporary language
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sprache in der Form, in dem Zustand, worin sie sich gerade (zum Zeitpunkt des Sprechers/Schreibers) befindet
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 Gegenwartssprache
- Gegenwartssprachen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gegenwartssprache?
- /ˈɡeːɡn̩vaʁt͡sˌʃpʁaːxə/
- [ˈɡeːɡn̩vaʁt͡sˌʃpʁaːxə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gegenwartssprache in German?
Gegenwartssprache 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).