An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/List of Abbreviations

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
List of Abbreviations
Friedrich Kluge2429401An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language — List of Abbreviations1891John Francis Davis

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.

abstr. = abstract.

acc. = accusative.

adj. = adjective.

adv. = adverb.

adverb. = adverbial.

Alem. = Alemannian.

Americ. = American.

Arab. = Arabic.

Armen. = Armenian.

Armor. = Armorican.

AS. = Anglo-Saxon.


Bav. = Bavarian.

Bohem. = Bohemian.

Bret. = Breton.

Burg. = Burgundian.


causat. = causative.

Chald. = Chaldean.

Chin. = Chinese.

class. = classical.

collect. = collective.

comp. = compare.

conj. = conjunction.

conjug. = conjugation.

contr. = contracted.

Corn. = Cornish.

CrimGoth. = Crimean Gothic.

Cymr. = Cymric.


Dan. = Danish.

dat. = dative.

declen. = declension.

denom. = denominative.

dial. = dialect, dialectic.

dimin. = diminutive.

Dor. = Doric.

Du. = Dutch.


E. = English.

EAryan = East Aryan.

East Teut. = East Teutonic.

Egypt. = Egyptian.

equiv. = equivalent.

Europ. = European.


f. = feminine.

Finn. = Finnish.

Fr. = French.

Franc. = Franconian.

frequent. = frequentative.

Fris. = Frisian.


Gael. = Gaelic.

Gall. = Gallic.

gen. = genitive.

Goth. = Gothic.

Gr. = Greek.


Hebr. = Hebrew.

HG. = High German.

Hung. = Hungarian.


Ic. = Icelandic.

Ind. = Indian.

indeclin. = indeclinable.

infin. = infinitive.

inflect. = inflected.

instrum. = instrumental.

intens. = intensive.

interj. = interjection.

interr. = interrogative.

intrans. = intransitive.

Ion. = Ionian.

Ir. = Irish.

Ital. = Italian.


Jew. = Jewish.


Kelt. = Keltic.


Lapp. = Lappish.

Lat. = Latin.

Lett. = Lettic.

LG. = Low German.

lit. = literal(ly).

Lith. = Lithuanian.

Lombard = Lombardic.

Lower Rhen. = Lower Rhenish.


m. = masculine.

MidDu. = Middle Dutch.

MidE. = Middle English.

MidG. = Middle German.

MidGr. = Middle Greek.

MidHG. = Middle High German.

MidLat. = Middle Latin.

MidLG. = Middle Low German.

ModDu. = Modern Dutch.

ModE. = Modern English.

ModFr. = Modern French.

ModGr. = Modern Greek.

ModHG. = Modern High German

ModIc. = Modern Icelandic.

ModLG. = Modern Low German.

ModTeut. = Modern Teutonic.

Mongol. = Mongolian.


n. = neuter.

naut. = nautical.

nom. = nominative.

Norw. = Norwegian.

num. = numeral.


OAryan = Old Aryan.

OBulg. = Old Bulgarian.

ODu.= Old Dutch.

OFr.= Old French.

OFris. = Old Frisian.

OHG. = Old High German.

OIc. = Old Icelandic.

OInd. = Old Indian.

OIr. = Old Irish.

OKelt.= Old Keltic.

OLat. = Old Latin.

OLG. = Old Low German.

onomat. = onomatopoetic.

OPers. = Old Persian.

OPruss. = Old Prussian.

ord. = ordinal.

orig. = original(ly).

OSax. = Old Saxon.

OSlav. = Old Slavonic.

OSlov.= Old Slovenian.

OTeut. = Old Teutonic.


partic. = participle.

perf. = perfect.

Pers. = Persian.

Phœn. = Phœnician.

Pied. = Piedmontese.

plur. = plural.

Pol. = Polish.

Port. = Portuguese.

poss. = possessive.

Prak. = Prakrit.

pref. = prefix.

prep. = preposition.

pres. = present.

pret. = preterite.

prim. = primary.

primit. = primitive(ly).

pron. = pronoun.

pronom. = pronominal.

prop. = properly.

Proven. = Provençal.

Pruss. = Prussian.


redup. = reduplicated.

refl. = reflexive.

Rom. = Romance.

Russ. = Russian.


s. = singular.

Sans. = Sanscrit.

Sax. = Saxon.

Scand. = Scandinavian.

Scyth. = Scythian.

Sem. = Semitic.

Serv. = Servian.

Slav. = Slavonic.

Slov. = Slovenian

Span. = Spanish.

str. = strong.

subst. = substantive.

Suff. = suffix.

super. = superlative.

Swab. = Swabian.

Swed. = Swedish.


Teut. = Teutonic.

Thrac. = Thracian.

trans. = transitive.


Umb. = Umbrian.

UpG. = Upper German.


vb. = verb.

voc.= vocative.


W.= Welsh.

West Sax. = West Saxon.

West Teut. = West Teutonic.

wk. = weak.


An asterisk (*) signifies that the form adduced is only theoretical.