"grammatical alternation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grammatical alternations [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German grammatischer Wechsel. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|grammatischer Wechsel}} Calque of German grammatischer Wechsel Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} grammatical alternation (countable and uncountable, plural grammatical alternations)
  1. (linguistics) Verner alternation Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: grammatischer Wechsel, Verner alternation
    Sense id: en-grammatical_alternation-en-noun-cWqjh8Oe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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