"Rhenish fan" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: Rhenish Fan [alternative]
Etymology: Calque of German Rheinischer Fächer. So called because all or most of the isoglosses collapse in Hesse and fan out to the west. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|de|Rheinischer Fächer}} Calque of German Rheinischer Fächer Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Rhenish fan
  1. (linguistics) A set of isoglosses in West Central German showing how the effect of the High German consonant shift gradually decreases towards the north-west (i.e. towards Low Franconian and Low Saxon) Translations (Translations): Rijnlandse waaier [masculine] (Dutch), éventail rhénan [masculine] (French), Rheinischer Fächer [masculine] (German), rheinischer Fächer [masculine] (German), ventaglio renano [masculine] (Italian), рейнская переходная область (rejnskaja perexodnaja oblastʹ) (Russian), рейнский веер (rejnskij vejer) (Russian), abanico renano [masculine] (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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