Sprachwissenschaftler 🌝

— عُهودُ (@mirdasya) May 14, 2017 Today, we talk about the German word “Sprachwissenschaftler”. What does “Sprachwissenschaftler” mean?

linguist; literally: language scientistNoun, mHyphenationSprach·wis·sen·schaft·ler, Plural: Sprach·wis·sen·schaft·ler

PronunciationIPA: [ˈʃpʀaːχvɪsn̩ˌʃaftlɐ]

Meaning[1] Person who deals scientifically with language/languages

OriginCombination of the roots of “Sprache” (language) and “Wissenschaftler” (scientist), or of “Sprachwissenschaft” (linguistic science) and -ler

Synonyms[1] linguist, language researcher, language scientist

Female Word Form[1] female linguist

Broader Term[1] scientist

Examples[1] “Under the motto »Text: Structures and Processing«, more than 500 language scientists (linguists) from all over the world meet at the largest linguistic conference in the German-speaking world.