Agathe Lasch

Agathe Lasch
Alma materHeidelberg University
Known forgrammar and dictionary of Middle Low German, linguistics of Berlin and Hamburg dialects
Scientific career
FieldsGerman studies, Linguistics, Philology
Institutions

Agathe Lasch (born 4 July 1879, in Berlin; died 18 August 1942, in Riga) was a German philologist. She was the first female professor of German studies in Germany, and the first female professor at the University of Hamburg. She is a pioneer of the historical study of the Middle Low German language. As a Jew, Lasch was murdered during the Holocaust.