Spreken
Example: Ik spreek elke dag met mijn vrienden.
Definition
"Spreken" means to express thoughts or feelings in spoken words, to talk or communicate verbally with others. For example, in the sentence 'Ik spreek elke dag met mijn vrienden,' it means 'I speak every day with my friends.'
Etymology
The word "spreken" comes from the Old Dutch 'sprekan,' which is related to the German 'sprechen' and English 'speak.' It traces back to the Proto-Germanic root '*sprek-,' meaning to utter or say. Did you know that 'spreken' shares a common ancestor with many words related to speech across Germanic languages?
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"Spreken" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - (A1) - set 3", containing 104 commonly used words.
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