Junggrammatiker

[ yoo ng-grah-mah-tee-kuhr ]
/ ˈyʊŋ grɑˌmɑ ti kər /

noun Linguistics, German.

a group of linguists of the late 19th century who held that phonetic laws are universally valid and allow of no exceptions; neo-grammarians.

Origin of Junggrammatiker

literally, young grammarians