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Word of the Week: Sprachgefuhl

05.13.2007

sprachgefuhl [shprahkh-guh-fyl]

–noun German.
1. a sensitivity to language, esp. for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.

[German : Sprache, language (from Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha) + Gefühl, feeling (from fühlen, to feel, from Middle High German vuelen, from Old High German vuolen; see pāl- in Indo-European roots).]

In A Sentence
"One review of the book praised the author's sprachgefuhl and her graceful, literary style."

- Lana Gottschalk, Reference Librarian, Zondervan Library

 

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