Native Speaker

See also: native speaker and native Speaker

German

Alternative forms

• native Speaker (rare)
• native speaker

Etymology

Borrowed from English native speaker (in the 20th century).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪ̯tɪv ˈspiːkə/, /ˈneːtɪf ˈspiːkə/, /ˈneːtɪf ˈspiːkɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Na‧tive‧Spea‧ker

Noun

Native Speaker m (strong, genitive Native Speaker, plural Native Speakers or Native Speaker)

1. (anglicism, linguistics, especially English studies) a native speaker

   Synonyms: Muttersprachler; (Switzerland) Muttersprachiger

   Antonym: Nichtmuttersprachler

Declension

Declension of Native Speaker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Native Speaker	die	Native Speakers, Native Speaker
genitive	eines	des	Native Speaker	der	Native Speakers, Native Speaker
dative	einem	dem	Native Speaker	den	Native Speakers, Native Speakern
accusative	einen	den	Native Speaker	die	Native Speakers, Native Speaker