Polyglot Dictionary

Gespräch

/ɡəˈʃpʁɛːç/

das noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Gespräche

Meaning

  1. conversation

    Built from sprechen (to speak) + ge-.

    • Wir hatten ein langes Gespräch.

      We had a long conversation.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

konversation

Gespräch is the everyday, common word for "conversation"; Konversation is more formal or polished, a loanword often used for polite or superficial conversation.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

conversación

conversación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "conversation."

Portuguese

conversa

conversa is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "conversation."

Practice

1 What does Gespräch mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir hatten ein langes ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gespräch?

See also

nouncompound

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