English Explanatory Dictionary

Verner alternation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The alternation between consonants in different forms of a word stem in the Germanic languages, as a result of Verner's law.

Word forms

Verner alternation Verner alternations

Etymology

From Verner's law, itself named after 19th century Danish linguist Karl Verner.

Synonyms

grammatical alternation grammatischer Wechsel
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