spriechen

From Middle High German sprechen, from Old High German sprehhan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną. Cognate with German sprechen, spreken, West Frisian sprekke, English speak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpʀie̯χen/, [ˈʃpʀiə̯ɕən]
• Rhymes: -iəɕən

spriechen (third-person singular present sprécht, past participle gesprach, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to speak; to give; to issue; used with certain objects like Uerteel (“verdict”)
2. (archaic, transitive or intransitive) to speak; to talk

• The verb is somewhat commoner in compounds, though it is often replaced with schwätzen even in loan translations of German compounds with the component sprechen.

• (to talk): schwätzen

• Sprachwuert
• Sprooch