Grimm,Jakob Ludwig Karl

Grimm,Jakob Ludwig Karl
Grimm (grĭm), Jakob Ludwig Karl. 1785-1863.
German philologist and folklorist who formulated Grimm's Law (1819), the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl (1786-1859) he collected Germanic folk tales and published them as Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812-1815).

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  • Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm — noun the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm s law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785 1863) • Syn: ↑Grimm, ↑Jakob Grimm • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm — Jacob Grimm, ca. 1860 Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (auch: Carl; * 4. Januar 1785 in Hanau; † 20. September 1863 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Sprach und Literaturwissenschaftler sowie Jurist und gilt als Begründer der deutschen Philologie und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Grimm's law — n. [after Jakob Grimm (see GRIMM Jakob (Ludwig Karl)) in honor of his formulation (1822) of parallels noted by himself & RASK Rasmus Christian] the statement of a series of systematic prehistoric changes of reconstructed Indo European consonants… …   English World dictionary

  • Grimm'sLaw — Grimm s Law (grĭmz) n. A formula describing the regular changes undergone by Indo European stop consonants represented in Germanic, essentially stating that Indo European p, t, and k became Germanic f, th, and h; Indo European b, d, and g became… …   Universalium

  • Grimm — noun 1. the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786 1859) • Syn: ↑Wilhelm Grimm, ↑Wilhelm Karl Grimm • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author 2. the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Jakob Grimm — noun the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm s law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785 1863) • Syn: ↑Grimm, ↑Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Grimm — Grimm, 1) Melchior, Freiherr von, geistreicher Literator, geb. 26. Dez. 1723 in Regensburg als Sohn eines Pfarrers, gest. 19. Dez. 1807 in Gotha, erhielt eine sorgfältige Erziehung, studierte in Leipzig, wohin er den jungen Grafen von Schönburg… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Grimm — [grim] 1. Jakob (Ludwig Karl) [yä′kō̂p] 1785 1863; Ger. philologist 2. Wilhelm (Karl) [vil′helm] 1786 1859; Ger. philologist: brother of Jakob, with whom he collaborated in the collection of fairy tales …   English World dictionary

  • Jakob Grimm — Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 de enero 1785, Hanau (Hesse, Alemania) Berlín, 20 de septiembre de 1863), linguista y mitólogo alemán, considerado el fundador de la gramática histórica. Estudió derecho en Marburgo y París, pero trabajó como… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Jakob Grimm — Jacob Grimm, ca. 1860 Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (auch: Carl; * 4. Januar 1785 in Hanau; † 20. September 1863 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Sprach und Literaturwissenschaftler sowie Jurist und gilt als Begründer der deutschen Philologie und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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