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Ollendorffian

UK/ˌɒl.ənˈdɔː.fi.ən/US/ˌɑ.lənˈdɔɹ.fi.ən/

Ollendorffian adjective: of or pertaining to Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff, a German grammarian and language educator, whose method of learning foreign languages came into vogue from the 1840s.

Adjective

Ollendorffian (comparative more Ollendorffian, superlative most Ollendorffian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff, a German grammarian and language educator, whose method of learning foreign languages came into vogue from the 1840s.
    • The Ollendorffian system for learning German was very popular two centuries ago.

Forms of Ollendorffian

comparativemore Ollendorffian
superlativemost Ollendorffian

Origin of Ollendorffian

From Ollendorff + -ian.

Questions about Ollendorffian

What does Ollendorffian mean?
Ollendorffian means of or pertaining to Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff, a German grammarian and language educator, whose method of learning foreign languages came into vogue from the 1840s.
What part of speech is Ollendorffian?
Ollendorffian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Ollendorffian?
Ollendorffian is pronounced /ˌɒl.ənˈdɔː.fi.ən/ (UK).

Words near Ollendorffian in the dictionary

  1. ollave
  2. ollaves
  3. ollavs
  4. ollay
  5. Ollenburger
  6. Ollendorffian
  7. Oller
  8. Ollerenshaw
  9. Ollers
  10. Ollerton
  11. Ollerton and Boughton

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