This is the 2479th most frequent German word.
sprachen
"Sprachen" means "languages" or "spoke" (past tense of "sprechen," depending on context).
In this sentence, 'sprachen' is used as the third person plural past tense form of 'sprechen', meaning 'talked' or 'spoke'.
Sie sprachen gestern über das neue Projekt.
They talked yesterday about the new project.
Here, 'Sprachen' is the plural noun form for 'language', referring to spoken languages.
Welche Sprachen sprichst du?
Which languages do you speak?
The word 'sprachen' serves as the plural past tense verb of 'sprechen', indicating the act of communicating or speaking.