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Standardsprache

/ˈʃtandaʁtˌʃpʁaːxə/· noun· Pl. die Standardsprachen

standard language

Die Standardsprache — the norm for school and media; in Austria with its own variants: Jänner, Paradeiser, Marille.

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Singular
die Standardsprache
Plural
die Standardsprachen
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der Standardsprache

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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.

Standardsprache
standard language

In der Schule lernen die Kinder Standardsprache.

At school children learn the standard language.

Word family

Standardspracheder Standardstandardstandardsprachlichin standard languagedie Sprachelanguage

Common combinations

  • die österreichische StandardspracheAustrian standard German
  • in Standardsprachein standard language
  • Dialekt und Standardsprachedialect and standard language

Real examples

  • „Jänner“ gehört in Österreich zur Standardsprache.In Austria "Jänner" is part of the standard language.
  • In der Standardsprache klingt der Satz ganz anders.In the standard language the sentence sounds quite different.
  • Nachrichtensprecher verwenden die Standardsprache.Newsreaders use the standard language.

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