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Jespersen

Jespersen proper noun: a surname from Danish or Norwegian.

Proper noun

Jespersen

  1. A surname from Danish or Norwegian.
    • [Otto] Jespersen, a language professor known for his expertise in syntax and language development, stated that headlinese is not really grammatical writing.2021 May 29, Richard Nordquist, “What Is Headlinese?”, in ThoughtCo, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2021

Origin of Jespersen

Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Jespersen.

Words formed from Jespersen

Questions about Jespersen

What does Jespersen mean?
Jespersen means a surname from Danish or Norwegian.
What part of speech is Jespersen?
Jespersen is a proper noun.

Words near Jespersen in the dictionary

  1. Jeskies
  2. Jesmond
  3. jesmonite
  4. Jesmyn
  5. Jesolo
  6. Jespersen
  7. Jespersen's cycle
  8. Jespersenian
  9. jess
  10. Jessa
  11. jessakeed

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