Meanings
noungrammatical alternation (countable and uncountable, plural grammatical alternations)
plural grammatical alternations
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesVerner alternation
Synonyms: grammatischer Wechsel, Verner alternation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounVerner alternation
Origin
- Germangrammatischer Wechsel
- Englishgrammatical alternation
Calque of German grammatischer Wechsel.
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