gesprek

From Dutch gesprek (“conversation”), from Middle Dutch gesprec (“speaking, speech”), from Old Dutch *gisprekki, from Proto-Germanic *gasprakją. Equivalent to ge- +‎ spreek.

• IPA^(key): /χəˈsprɛk/

gesprek (plural gesprekke)

1. talk, conversation

From Middle Dutch gesprec (“speaking, speech”), from Old Dutch *gisprekki, from Proto-Germanic *gasprakją. Equivalent to ge- +‎ spreken. Its use as a term for “conversation” dates to early Modern Dutch, in this sense it ultimately displaced older gespraak.

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈsprɛk/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧sprek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

gesprek n (plural gesprekken, diminutive gesprekje n)

1. talk, verbal conversation

• dovemansgesprek
• gesprekspartner
• gespreksstof
• kringgesprek
• telefoongesprek
• videogesprek

• Afrikaans: gesprek