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noun · B1

die Fremdsprache

[ˈfʁɛmtˌʃpʁaːxə]

foreign language

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  • Wir üben unsere Fremdsprachen jeden Donnerstag im Sprachcafé.

    We practise our foreign languages every Thursday at the language café.

  • Wie viele Fremdsprachen sprichst du?

    How many foreign languages do you speak?

  • Für Otti ist Deutsch eine Fremdsprache, aber er lernt jeden Tag dazu.

    For Otti, German is a foreign language, but he learns something new every day.

Grammar

Plural
die Fremdsprachen In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Fremdsprache die Fremdsprachen
Accusative wen? was? die Fremdsprache die Fremdsprachen
Dative wem? der Fremdsprache den Fremdsprachen
Genitive wessen? der Fremdsprache der Fremdsprachen

How the Word Is Built

Fremd root sprache root

A compound: fremd + die Sprache

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

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