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Today it means: An ablaut form that is either e-grade or o-grade. Full definition →

German Vollstufe

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German · calque ofVollstufe
English todayfull-grade

From full + grade, as in gradation (“apophony”). Possibly after German Vollstufe.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.