Sprachgefühl

American

[shprahkh-guh-fyl] / ˈʃprɑx gəˌfül /

noun

German.

a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.

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But my sprachgefühl, my internal feeling for English and how it worked, screeched: “participate” implies that the thing being participated in has an originating point outside the speaker.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2017

After a moment, I realized that my sprachgefühl had picked loose a bit of information that fell neatly to the bottom of my brainpan: The “about” is entirely optional.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2017

I created a new pile for the phrasal verb “take about,” and then my sprachgefühl found its voice: “That’s not a phrasal verb.”

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2017

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