Sprachbund
German, noun[ˈʃpʁaːχˌbʊnt]
Sprachbund is spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-B-U-N-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written German, the 610,218th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprachbund is a German masculine noun meaning “sprachbund” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gruppe geographisch benachbarter Sprachen, die sich in ihren sprachlichen Eigenschaften aufgrund anhaltendes…”.
What does Sprachbund mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesprachbund
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gruppe geographisch benachbarter Sprachen, die sich in ihren sprachlichen Eigenschaften aufgrund anhaltendes Kontakts gegenseitig beeinflusst haben.
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 Sprachbund
- Sprachbundes genitive
- Sprachbünde plural
- Sprachbunds genitive singular
- Sprachbunde dative singular
- Sprachbünden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprachbund?
- [ˈʃpʁaːχˌbʊnt]
- [ˈʃpʁaːxˌbʊnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sprachbund in German?
Sprachbund appears about once in every 93 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).