language

language
noun
1) Sprache, die

speak the same language — (fig.) die gleiche Sprache sprechen

2) no pl., no art. (words, wording) Sprache, die

[style of] language — [Sprach]stil, der

use of language — Sprachgebrauch, der

3) (style) Ausdrucksweise, die; Sprache, die; see also academic.ru/5024/bad">bad 1. 4); strong language
4) (professional vocabulary) [Fach]sprache, die
5) (Computing) Sprache, die
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['læŋɡwi‹]
noun
1) (human speech: the development of language in children.) die Sprache
2) (the speech of a particular nation: She is very good at (learning) languages; Russian is a difficult language.) die Sprache
3) (the words and way of speaking, writing etc usually connected with a particular group of people etc: the language of journalists; medical language.) die Fachsprache
- bad language
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lan·guage
[ˈlæŋgwɪʤ]
n
1. (of nation) Sprache f
she speaks four \languages fluently sie spricht vier Sprachen fließend
artificial \language Kunstsprache f
the English/German \language die englische/deutsche Sprache, Englisch/Deutsch nt
a foreign \language eine Fremdsprache
sb's native \language jds Muttersprache
2. no pl (words) Sprache f; (style of expression) Ausdrucksweise f, Sprache f
her \language was absolutely appalling! ihre Sprache war wirklich schockierend!
\language, Robert! wie sprichst du denn, Robert!
bad \language Schimpfwörter pl
formal/spoken/written \language gehobene/gesprochene/geschriebene Sprache
to mind one's \language aufpassen, was man sagt
3. (of specialist group) Fachsprache f
legal \language Rechtssprache f
technical \language Fachsprache f; (individual expressions) Fachausdrücke pl
4. COMPUT
[computer programming] \language Programmiersprache f
5.
to speak [or talk] the same \language die gleiche Sprache sprechen fig
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['lŋgwɪdZ]
n
Sprache f

the English language — Englisch nt, die englische Sprache

a book on language — ein Buch über die Sprache

philosophy of language — Sprachphilosophie f

the language of business/diplomacy —

the language of flowers — die Blumensprache

to study languages — Sprachen studieren

your language is appalling — deine Ausdrucksweise ist entsetzlich, du drückst dich entsetzlich aus

that's no language to use to your mother! — so spricht man nicht mit seiner Mutter!

it's a bloody nuisance! – language! — verfluchter Mist! – na, so was sagt man doch nicht!

bad language — Kraftausdrücke pl

strong language — Schimpfwörter pl, derbe Ausdrücke pl

he used strong language, calling them fascist pigs — er beschimpfte sie als Faschistenschweine

the request/complaint was put in rather strong language — die Aufforderung/Beschwerde hörte sich ziemlich krass an

to talk sb's language — jds Sprache sprechen

to talk the same language (as sb) — die gleiche Sprache (wie jd) sprechen

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language [ˈlæŋɡwıdʒ] s
1. Sprache f:
language of flowers fig Blumensprache;
speak the same language dieselbe Sprache sprechen (a. fig);
talk sb’s (kind of) language fig jemandes Sprache sprechen; gutter A 1
2. Sprache f, Rede-, Ausdrucksweise f, Worte pl:
language! so etwas sagt man nicht!;
this is the only language he understands das ist die einzige Sprache, die er versteht; bad1 A 5, strong A 7
3. Sprache f, Stil m
4. (Fach)Sprache f, Terminologie f:
medical language medizinische Fachsprache, Medizinersprache
5. a) Sprachwissenschaft f
b) Sprachunterricht m
lang. abk language (languages pl)
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noun
1) Sprache, die

speak the same language — (fig.) die gleiche Sprache sprechen

2) no pl., no art. (words, wording) Sprache, die

[style of] language — [Sprach]stil, der

use of language — Sprachgebrauch, der

3) (style) Ausdrucksweise, die; Sprache, die; see also bad 1. 4); strong language
4) (professional vocabulary) [Fach]sprache, die
5) (Computing) Sprache, die
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n.
Sprache -n f.

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