Ollendorffian

English

Etymology

From Ollendorff +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Ollendorffian (comparative more Ollendorffian, superlative most Ollendorffian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff, a German grammarian and language educator, whose method of learning foreign languages came into vogue from the 1840s. [from 19th c.]
    The Ollendorffian system for learning German was very popular two centuries ago.
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