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der Spruch

A1 Noun frequency rank #2,775

What Spruch means

Noun

  1. short saying, expression or dictum that is remembered or is meaningful in itself
  2. stock phrase
  3. slogan
  4. sharp remark or repartee

Forms

der Spruch · die Sprüche

Plural: Sprüche

Pronunciation

Spruch in a sentence

Das ist aber ein recht hohler Spruch.

That's a really shallow thing to say.

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Spruch is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #2,775 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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