Sprachgesellschaft
German, noun/ˈʃpʁaːxɡəˌzɛlʃaft/
Sprachgesellschaft is spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T (18 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprachgesellschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “language society (17th- and 18th-century associations primarily dedicated to language regulation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vereinigungen (Dichter, Grammatiker, Adlige) nach italienischem Vorbild, besonders in der Barockzeit, die…”.
What does Sprachgesellschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelanguage society (17th- and 18th-century associations primarily dedicated to language regulation)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vereinigungen (Dichter, Grammatiker, Adlige) nach italienischem Vorbild, besonders in der Barockzeit, die sich der Pflege und Förderung der eigenen Sprache widmeten und gegen Überfremdung durch andere Sprachen wandten.
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 Sprachgesellschaft
- Sprachgesellschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprachgesellschaft?
- /ˈʃpʁaːxɡəˌzɛlʃaft/
- [ˈʃpʁaːxɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sprachgesellschaft in German?
Sprachgesellschaft appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).