URSPRACHE!
The winning word of the Scripps National Spelling Bee:
Ursprache
SYLLABICATION: Ur·spra·che
PRONUNCIATION: rshprä
NOUN: See protolanguage.
ETYMOLOGY: German : ur-, original (from Middle High German, out of, from Old High German; see ud- in Appendix I) + Sprache, language, speech (from Middle High German sprche, from Old High German sprhha).
Loved watching it in prime time.
Past spelling bee champs: Where are they now?
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