No. 2,479 in German
sprachen
"Sprachen" means "languages" or "spoke" (past tense of "sprechen," depending on context).
In a sentence
Sie sprachen gestern über das neue Projekt.
They talked yesterday about the new project.
In this sentence, 'sprachen' is used as the third person plural past tense form of 'sprechen', meaning 'talked' or 'spoke'.
Welche Sprachen sprichst du?
Which languages do you speak?
Here, 'Sprachen' is the plural noun form for 'language', referring to spoken languages.
Wir sprachen miteinander, um das Problem zu lösen.
We spoke with each other to resolve the problem.
The word 'sprachen' serves as the plural past tense verb of 'sprechen', indicating the act of communicating or speaking.
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