Sprachverlust
[ˈʃpʁaːxfɛɐ̯ˌlʊst]
The verdict
“Sprachverlust” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - teilweises oder totales Verschwinden der Fähigkeit, die eigene Sprache zu verwenden
Corpus desk
Index DE-sprachverlust · Sprachverlust · German
Sprachverlust · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sprachverlust |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʁaːxfɛɐ̯ˌlʊst] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sprachverlust“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sprachverlust is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpʁaːxfɛɐ̯ˌlʊst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Sprachverlust doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sprachverlust, spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-V-E-R-L-U-S-T.
Definition
- 1teilweises oder totales Verschwinden der Fähigkeit, die eigene Sprache zu verwenden
- 2Aufgabe der eigenen Sprache zugunsten einer anderen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sprachverlust appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sprachverlust tritt oft als Folge eines Schlaganfalls auf.
„Störungen der corticalen Sprachfelder führen zu Sprachverlust im engeren Sinn, zu Störungen der Fähigkeit, mit sich und anderen mit uns im System der Sprache umzugehen.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.