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sprach·ge·fühl  audio  (shpräg-fül) KEY 

NOUN:
A feeling for language; an ear for the idiomatically correct or appropriate.
ETYMOLOGY:
German : Sprache, language (from Middle High German sprche, from Old High German sprhha) + Gefühl, feeling (from fühlen, to feel, from Middle High German vuelen, from Old High German vuolen; see pl- in Indo-European roots)


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