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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.

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adj/ˌɒl.ənˈdɔː.fi.ən/Received-Pronunciation/ˌɑ.lənˈdɔɹ.fi.ən/General-American
  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.

    The Ollendorffian system for learning German was very popular two centuries ago.
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From Ollendorff + -ian.

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