Spruch

/ʃpʁʊx/

der noun B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Sprüche

Meaning

  1. saying, spell (an uttered incantation)

    The noun form of sprechen; can mean an everyday saying/proverb or, in fiction, a magic spell.

    • Sie murmelte einen geheimen Spruch.

      She murmured a secret spell.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Ausdruck

Spruch is a saying or an uttered spell/incantation; Ausdruck is an expression — a phrase, or a facial expression.

Practice

1 What does Spruch mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie murmelte einen geheimen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Spruch?

See also

noun

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