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Kluge's law

Kluge's law proper noun: a proposed sound law affecting an early stage of Proto-Germanic, in which a stop consonant plus following /n/ are changed to a geminate consonant when the following vowel is accented, most often in n-stems.

Proper noun

Kluge's law

  1. (Indo-European-studies) A proposed sound law affecting an early stage of Proto-Germanic, in which a stop consonant plus following /n/ are changed to a geminate consonant when the following vowel is accented, most often in n-stems.

Origin of Kluge's law

Named after German philologist Friedrich Kluge.

Questions about Kluge's law

What does Kluge's law mean?
Kluge's law means a proposed sound law affecting an early stage of Proto-Germanic, in which a stop consonant plus following /n/ are changed to a geminate consonant when the following vowel is accented, most often in n-stems.
What part of speech is Kluge's law?
Kluge's law is a proper noun.

Words near Kluge's law in the dictionary

  1. Kluevers
  2. kluftkarren
  3. Klug
  4. Klug's xenica
  5. kluge
  6. Kluge's law
  7. kluged
  8. Kluger
  9. Klugers
  10. kluges
  11. klugey

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