Kaufmannssprache
German, noun/ˈkaʊ̯fmansˌʃpʁaːxə/
Kaufmannssprache is spelled K-A-U-F-M-A-N-N-S-S-P-R-A-C-H-E (16 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written German, the 602,508th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaufmannssprache is a German feminine noun meaning “business parlance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die spezielle Sprache der Kaufleute”.
What does Kaufmannssprache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebusiness parlance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die spezielle Sprache der Kaufleute
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 Kaufmannssprache
- Kaufmannssprachen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kaufmannssprache?
- /ˈkaʊ̯fmansˌʃpʁaːxə/
- [ˈkaʊ̯fmansˌʃpʁaːxə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kaufmannssprache in German?
Kaufmannssprache appears about once in every 91 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).