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Grimm's law

sound shift in the Germanic languages in which PIE voiceless stops become fricatives, PIE voiced stops become voiceless and PIE voiced aspirated stops become voiced stops or fricatives
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Grimm's law

Summary

Grimm's law is a phonetic rule[1]. It draws 1,508 Wikipedia views per month (phonetic_rule category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Grimm's law's instance of is recorded as phonetic rule[3].
  • Jacob Grimm is named after Grimm's law[4].
  • Grimm's law's facet of is recorded as first Germanic consonant shift[5].
  • Grimm's law's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[6].
  • Grimm's law's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[7].
  • Grimm's law's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/grimms-law[8].

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Definition and Type

Grimm's law's instance of is recorded as phonetic rule[3].

Origins

Jacob Grimm is named after Grimm's law[4].

Why It Matters

Grimm's law draws 1,508 Wikipedia views per month (phonetic_rule category, ranking #1 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Jacob Grimm Rasmus Rask

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Jacob Grimm
    Named after → —
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, New International Encyclopedia
    Instance of → phonetic rule
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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