second language
second language · second languages
Zweitsprache
A language that is spoken by someone but is not their mother tongueA language that is spoken by someone but is not their mother tongue.
» Why is learning a second language so difficult?
Warum ist es so schwierig, eine zweite Sprache zu lernen?
Meaning
1 sensesA language that is spoken by someone but is not their mother tongue.
My second languages are Italian and German.
Zweitsprache
More definitions
- a language that a person has acquired in adolescence or later
Examples
55 sentencesWhy is learning a second language so difficult?
deWarum ist es so schwierig, eine zweite Sprache zu lernen? — Naina
Why is learning a second language so hard?
deWarum ist es so schwierig, eine zweite Sprache zu lernen? — Naina
French is my second language.
They teach Chinese as a second national language in Singapore.
Tom is teaching French as a second language at the moment.
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
language spoken other than the mother tongue:
Forms
plural: second languages| Singular | second language |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a language that a person has acquired in adolescence or later:L2