Zweitspracherwerb
German, noun/ˈt͡svaɪ̯tʃpʁaːxʔɛɐ̯ˌvɛʁp/
Zweitspracherwerb is spelled Z-W-E-I-T-S-P-R-A-C-H-E-R-W-E-R-B (17 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written German, the 376,420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zweitspracherwerb is a German masculine noun meaning “second language acquisition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erlernen einer zweiten Sprache (Zweitsprache), nachdem die Muttersprache (Erstsprache) bereits erlernt ist”.
What does Zweitspracherwerb mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesecond language acquisition
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Erlernen einer zweiten Sprache (Zweitsprache), nachdem die Muttersprache (Erstsprache) bereits erlernt ist.
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 Zweitspracherwerb
- Zweitspracherwerbs genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zweitspracherwerb?
- /ˈt͡svaɪ̯tʃpʁaːxʔɛɐ̯ˌvɛʁp/
- [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tʃpʁaːxʔɛɐ̯ˌvɛʁp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zweitspracherwerb in German?
Zweitspracherwerb appears about once in every 40 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).