Ollendorffian UK /ˌɒl.ənˈdɔː.fi.ən/US /ˌɑ.lənˈdɔɹ.fi.ən/ adjective1 •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. formsmore Ollendorffian · most Ollendorffian