Sprachwandel
German, noun/ˈʃpʁaːxˌvandl̩/
Sprachwandel is spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-W-A-N-D-E-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprachwandel is a German masculine noun meaning “language change” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Veränderung einer Sprache oder von Teilen der Sprache im Lauf der Zeit”.
What does Sprachwandel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelanguage change
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Veränderung einer Sprache oder von Teilen der Sprache im Lauf der Zeit
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 Sprachwandel
- Sprachwandels genitive
- Sprachwandeln dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprachwandel?
- /ˈʃpʁaːxˌvandl̩/
- /ˈʃpʁaːxˌvandəl/
- [ˈʃpʁaːxˌvandl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sprachwandel in German?
Sprachwandel 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).