Ollendorffian
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ollendorff + -ian.
Adjective
[edit]Ollendorffian (comparative more Ollendorffian, superlative most Ollendorffian)
- 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.