Sprechakt
German, noun/ˈʃpʁɛçˌʔakt/
Sprechakt is spelled S-P-R-E-C-H-A-K-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprechakt is a German masculine noun meaning “speech act” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sprachliche Äußerung, die eine bestimmte Intention verfolgt”.
What does Sprechakt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespeech act
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sprachliche Äußerung, die eine bestimmte Intention verfolgt
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 Sprechakt
- Sprechaktes genitive
- Sprechakts genitive
- Sprechakte plural
- Sprechakten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprechakt?
- /ˈʃpʁɛçˌʔakt/
- [ˈʃpʁɛçˌʔakt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sprechakt in German?
Sprechakt appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).