Sprachwissen
German, noun[ˈʃpʁaːxˌvɪsn̩]
Sprachwissen is spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-W-I-S-S-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written German, the 391,488th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprachwissen is a German neuter noun meaning “language knowledge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Wissen, das jemand von Sprache/Sprachen hat”.
What does Sprachwissen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlanguage knowledge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Wissen, das jemand von Sprache/Sprachen hat
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 Sprachwissen
- Sprachwissens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprachwissen?
- [ˈʃpʁaːxˌvɪsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sprachwissen in German?
Sprachwissen appears about once in every 43 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).