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kluge's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kluge's law
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

Named after German philologist Friedrich Kluge.

Phrases

Grimm's law Verner's law

Frequently Paired Words

Grimm's law Verner's law

Questions

What does kluge's law mean?
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.
Where does kluge's law come from?
Named after German philologist Friedrich Kluge.

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