Sprachgebiet
German, noun/ˈʃpʁaːxɡəˌbiːt/
Sprachgebiet is spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-G-E-B-I-E-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprachgebiet is a German neuter noun meaning “language area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “räumlicher Bereich der Verbreitung einer Sprache”.
What does Sprachgebiet mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlanguage area
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. räumlicher Bereich der Verbreitung einer Sprache
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 Sprachgebiet
- Sprachgebietes genitive
- Sprachgebiets genitive
- Sprachgebiete plural
- Sprachgebieten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprachgebiet?
- Germany /ˈʃpʁaːxɡəˌbiːt/
- /ˈʃpʁaːxɡeˌbiːt/
- [-ɡ̊e-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sprachgebiet in German?
Sprachgebiet appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).