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Rhenish Fan

Rhenish Fan is the alternative letter-case form of Rhenish fan.

Proper noun capitalized: Rhenish fan

Rhenish fan

  1. A set of isoglosses in West Central German showing how the effect of the High German consonant shift gradually decreases towards the north-west (i.e. towards Low Franconian and Low Saxon)

Forms of Rhenish Fan

alternative formRhenish Fan

Origin of Rhenish Fan

Calque of German Rheinischer Fächer. So called because all or most of the isoglosses collapse in Hesse and fan out to the west.

Questions about Rhenish Fan

What does Rhenish Fan mean?
Rhenish Fan means a set of isoglosses in West Central German showing how the effect of the High German consonant shift gradually decreases towards the north-west (i.e. towards Low Franconian and Low Saxon).
What is Rhenish Fan the alternative letter-case form of?
Rhenish Fan is the alternative letter-case form of Rhenish fan.
What part of speech is Rhenish Fan?
Rhenish Fan is a proper noun.

Words near Rhenish Fan in the dictionary

  1. Rhenen
  2. rhenian
  3. rhenic
  4. rheniite
  5. Rhenish
  6. Rhenish Fan
  7. Rhenish Palatinate
  8. rhenium
  9. rheniums
  10. rhenosterbos
  11. rheo-

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