Sprachwissenschaftler #vocab (Podcast S01E17)

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.