Zielsprache
German, noun/ˈt͡siːlˌʃpʁaːχə/
Zielsprache is spelled Z-I-E-L-S-P-R-A-C-H-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zielsprache is a German feminine noun meaning “target language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Sprache, in die übersetzt oder gedolmetscht wird”.
What does Zielsprache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetarget language
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Sprache, in die übersetzt oder gedolmetscht wird 2. die Sprache, die neu als Fremdsprache gelernt wird
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 Zielsprache
- Zielsprachen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zielsprache?
- /ˈt͡siːlˌʃpʁaːχə/
- [ˈt͡siːlˌʃpʁaːxə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zielsprache in German?
Zielsprache 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).