Literatursprache

/[lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxə]/ noun

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Language

German

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Literatursprache is aGermannoun. It means: Sprache der schönen Literatur (Belletristik) Pronounced [lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxə].

Key facts for Literatursprache
PropertyValue
HeadwordLiteratursprache
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxə]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Literatursprache is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Literatursprache is 16 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Literatursprache in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Literatursprache, spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-T-U-R-S-P-R-A-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sprache der schönen Literatur (Belletristik)
  2. 2
    Sprache, die auch schriftlich verwendet wird
  3. 3
    Sprachvarietät, die für die gesamte Sprachgemeinschaft verbindlich ist

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Literatursprache"?
"Literatursprache" is spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-T-U-R-S-P-R-A-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxə].
What does "Literatursprache" mean?
As a noun, "Literatursprache" means: Sprache der schönen Literatur (Belletristik)
How do you pronounce "Literatursprache"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Literatursprache" is [lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Literatursprache" come from?
"Literatursprache" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.