sjprèche
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Central Franconian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- spräche (Colognian Academy spelling)
- spreche (rarer byform, but frequent in Kölsch)
- sprääche (chiefly Ripuarian)
- spreache (parts of Moselle Franconian)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German sprëchen, from Old High German sprehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan. Compare Limburgish spraeke and sjpraeke, German sprechen, Dutch spreken, English speak.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sjprèche (third-person singular present sjprik or sjprikt, past tense sjprooch, present participle sjprèchend or sjprèchens, past participle jesjpraoche)
- (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to speak (some language, the truth, etc.)
- Iech sjprèch Kirchröadsj.
- I speak Kerkradish.
- (Kirchröadsj, intransitive, [uvver (about) + accusative], [oes (from)]) to speak, to talk, to give a speech
- Heë sjprikt oes Ervaroeng.
- He speaks from experience.
- (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to say, to speak (a word, phrase, sentence, prayer, etc.)
- V'r hant jister e Jebed jesjpraoche.
- We said a prayer yesterday.
- (Kirchröadsj, archaic, reflexive, of a word) to have a pronunciation; to be pronounced (some way)
- Wie sjprik siech dat?
- How do you pronounce this?
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- Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Franconian lemmas
- Central Franconian verbs
- Kirchröadsj
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- Central Franconian intransitive verbs
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