Minderheitensprache
German, noun[ˈmɪndɐhaɪ̯tn̩ˌʃpʁaːχə]
Minderheitensprache is spelled M-I-N-D-E-R-H-E-I-T-E-N-S-P-R-A-C-H-E (19 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minderheitensprache is a German feminine noun meaning “minority language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sprache einer Minderheit in einer mehrsprachigen Gemeinschaft”.
What does Minderheitensprache mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sprache einer Minderheit in einer mehrsprachigen Gemeinschaft
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 Minderheitensprache
- Minderheitensprachen plural
- Minderheitssprache variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Minderheitensprache?
- [ˈmɪndɐhaɪ̯tn̩ˌʃpʁaːχə]
- [ˈmɪndɐhaɪ̯tn̩ˌʃpʁaːxə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Minderheitensprache in German?
Minderheitensprache appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).