Sprachgefühl
/ˈʃprɑːxɡəˌfuːl
/ /ˈʃpraːxɡəˌfʏːl/noun [mass noun]
1Intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language: it’s not genes or culture but Sprachgefühl that sets the French apart from the Finns, and the Russians from the Romanians
1.1The essential character of a language: each language has its own personality, or Sprachgefühl, which limits its speakers to a certain mode of thought
Origin
German, from Sprache 'speech, a language' + Gefühl 'feeling'.