fremdsprachliche

Fremdsprachliche is an attributive form of the German adjective fremdsprachlich, meaning foreign-language or relating to a language that is not one's native tongue. It is used before a noun and agrees with its gender, number, and case. Common phrases include fremdsprachliche Kompetenzen (foreign-language competencies) and fremdsprachliche Texte (texts in a foreign language). The base noun is Fremdsprache (foreign language), and the adjective is formed with the suffix -lich to designate a characteristic.

In educational and linguistic contexts, fremdsprachliche refers to aspects connected with learning, using, or assessing in a language other than the learner’s native tongue. It is often used in discussions about language education policy, curricula, bilingualism, second language acquisition, and translation studies. The term helps distinguish materials, tasks, or communications conducted in a foreign language from those conducted in the learner’s native language.

The exact inflection of fremdsprachliche depends on the noun it modifies and the grammatical case. While it commonly appears in plural phrases such as fremdsprachliche Texte or fremdsprachliche Kompetenzen, other inflected forms occur in different syntactic contexts. The concept is part of a broader vocabulary for describing multilingual education, language proficiency, and cross-linguistic communication. Related terms include Fremdsprache (foreign language) and fremdsprachig, which also describe language-related characteristics but with different syntactic uses.