språk

== Elfdalian == === Noun === språk n language == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === sprog (now nonstandard, officially since 1938, in Riksmål since 2024) === Etymology === Inherited from Danish sprog with native Norwegian -k and a more etymological and phonetic vowel spelling. Further from Middle Low German sprâke, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku. The form was already used by Knudsen, but was one of those criticized for going beyond the “educated vernacular” (which had Danish /ɡ/ in this word). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sproːk/ === Noun === språk n (definite singular språket, indefinite plural språk, definite plural språka or språkene) language Synonym: (less common) mål === Usage notes === The term "språk" is a noun etymologically related to English speak, however it is never used as a verb; the verb "to speak" is snakke (e.g., Jeg snakker norsk, norsk er et språk, I speak Norwegian, Norwegian is a language). ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “språk” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Middle Low German sprake. === Noun === språk n (definite singular språket, indefinite plural språk, definite plural språka) language ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “språk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish sprāk, borrowed from Middle Low German sprāke, from Old Saxon sprāka. Displaced native tunga, mål in this sense. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sproːk/, [sprɤʷk] === Noun === språk n language ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “språk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “språk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “språk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)