Spruch

From Middle High German spruch, from Old High German *spruch, *spruh, from Proto-West Germanic *spruki (“saying”), related to the verb *sprekan (“to speak”). Cognate with German Low German Spröök, Dutch spreuk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpʁʊx/

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Spruch m (strong, genitive Spruches or Spruchs, plural Sprüche, diminutive Sprüchlein n or Sprüchelchen n)

1. short saying, expression or dictum that is remembered or is meaningful in itself
   1. stock phrase
   2. slogan

      Synonyms: Motto, Parole, Slogan

   3. sharp remark or repartee
   4. (often guter Spruch) witticism, witty quote

      Synonyms: Bonmot, geflügeltes Wort

   5. proverb, saying

      Synonyms: Sprichwort, Redensart

   6. popular verse or short poem
   7. particular kind of medieval lyric poem
2. (law) judgment, decision

• Bibelspruch (“Bible verse quoted or recited for inspiration”)
• Freispruch
• Funkspruch
• Gottesspruch (“divine oracle”)
• Liebesspruch (“love spell”)
• Wahlspruch (“motto, slogan”)
• Gerichtsspruch (“judgment, verdict”)
• Schuldspruch (“guilty verdict”)
• Richterspruch (“verdict, sentence”)
• Schiedspruch (“arbitration verdict, arbitral award”)
• Sinnspruch (“life maxim, aphorism”)
• Trinkspruch (“toast (salutation)”)
• Urteilsspruch (“verdict, sentence”)
• Wahlspruch (“election slogan, motto”)
• Wappenspruch (“heraldic motto”)
• Widerspruch (“objection, contradiction”)
• Zauberspruch

• Sprache
• sprechen
• Sprichwort
• spruchreif
• spruchhaft
• Spruchrichter
• Anspruch
• Ausspruch
• Einspruch
• Zuspruch

• Gedicht
• Lied

• “Spruch” in Duden online
• “Spruch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Spruch” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

From Middle High German spruch, from Old High German *spruch, *spruh, from Proto-Germanic *sprukiz (“saying”), related to the verb *sprekaną (“to speak”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃprux/

Spruch m (plural Sprich, diminutive Sprichelche)

1. saying
2. proverb

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary