Definitions | ablaut |
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- (Philology): The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, and got; sing and song; hang and hung, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel; also called gradation.
Translations: Etymology: German, off-sound; ab off + laut sound.
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