"Verner alternation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Verner alternations [plural]
Etymology: From Verner's law, itself named after 19th century Danish linguist Karl Verner. Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=Verner alternation}} Verner alternation (countable and uncountable, plural Verner alternations)
  1. (Indo-European studies) The alternation between consonants in different forms of a word stem in the Germanic languages, as a result of Verner's law. Tags: Indo-European-studies, countable, uncountable Synonyms: grammatical alternation, grammatischer Wechsel Translations (Alternation between consonants in the Germanic languages): grammatische wisseling [feminine] (Dutch), grammatischer Wechsel [masculine] (German), prawo Vernera [neuter] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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