Sprachfamilie
German, noun/ˈʃpʁaːχfaˌmiːliə/
Sprachfamilie is spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-F-A-M-I-L-I-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprachfamilie is a German feminine noun meaning “language family” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gruppe von Sprachen, die historisch gesehen miteinander verwandt sind, da sie sich aus derselben Ursprache…”.
What does Sprachfamilie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelanguage family
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gruppe von Sprachen, die historisch gesehen miteinander verwandt sind, da sie sich aus derselben Ursprache heraus entwickelt 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 Sprachfamilie
- Sprachfamilien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprachfamilie?
- /ˈʃpʁaːχfaˌmiːliə/
- [ˈʃpʁaːxfaˌmiːli̯ə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sprachfamilie in German?
Sprachfamilie appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).