how to pronounce spray

/ʃpʁɛɪ̯/

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spray is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of spray in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… werden prekop spray crime obsession …”

meanings of spray

noun:

Spray.

spray frequency in german - C2 level of CEFR

the word spray occurs in german on average 2.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.