Sondersprache
German, noun[ˈzɔndɐˌʃpʁaːχə]
Sondersprache is spelled S-O-N-D-E-R-S-P-R-A-C-H-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written German, the 357,274th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sondersprache is a German feminine noun meaning “subvariety of a language used by a certain group (i.e. jargon, argot, cant, slang)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Varietät einer Sprache, die nicht von allen Sprechern dieser Sprache verstanden wird”.
What does Sondersprache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesubvariety of a language used by a certain group (i.e. jargon, argot, cant, slang)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Varietät einer Sprache, die nicht von allen Sprechern dieser Sprache verstanden wird
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 Sondersprache
- Sondersprachen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sondersprache?
- [ˈzɔndɐˌʃpʁaːχə]
- [ˈzɔndɐˌʃpʁaːxə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sondersprache in German?
Sondersprache appears about once in every 36 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).