English
Sprachgefühl
Sprachgefühl comes from German Sprachgefühl ‘the instinctive or intuitive grasp of the…’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentSprachgefühl‘the instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Germanc. 1650–presentSprachgefühl‘the instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017same form
Earliest quotation: 2017, Kory Stamper, Word By Word: “Not everyone has sprachgefühl, and you don't know if…”
Every English word from German Sprachgefühl
Today it means
noun The instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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