Sprachkompetenz
German, noun[ˈʃpʁaːxkɔmpəˌtɛnt͡s]
Sprachkompetenz is spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-K-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-Z (15 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprachkompetenz is a German feminine noun meaning “linguistic competence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fähigkeit/Fertigkeit eines Sprechers, sich in einer Sprache auszudrücken”.
What does Sprachkompetenz mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelinguistic competence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fähigkeit/Fertigkeit eines Sprechers, sich in einer Sprache auszudrücken
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 Sprachkompetenz
- Sprachkompetenzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprachkompetenz?
- [ˈʃpʁaːxkɔmpəˌtɛnt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sprachkompetenz in German?
Sprachkompetenz appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).