# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hermann-osthoff
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:15:59.021Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/hermann-osthoff"
name: "Hermann Osthoff"
slug: "hermann-osthoff"
description: "Hermann Osthoff was a German linguist. He was involved in Indo-European studies and the Neogrammarian school. He is known for formulating Osthoff's law and published widely on Indo-European word-formation and morphology."
tagline: "German linguist (1847-1909)"
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birthDate: "1847-04-18"
deathDate: "1909-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump