Polyglot Dictionary

Zweitsprache

/ˈtsvaɪtʃpʁaːxə/

die noun B2

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

Forms

plural
Zweitsprachen

Meaning

  1. second language

    • Englisch ist seine Zweitsprache.

      English is his second language.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Fremdsprache

A Zweitsprache ("second language") is often learned by living in a place — picked up through daily use, not just study. Fremdsprache is the broader term and doesn't imply where or how it was learned.

Practice

1 What does Zweitsprache mean?

2 Fill the gap: Englisch ist seine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zweitsprache?

noun

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