Wellentheorie

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Wellentheorie.[1]

Proper noun

the Wellentheorie

  1. Synonym of wave model (“a model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin”).

Usage notes

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Wellentheorie”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

German

Etymology

Welle +‎ Theorie

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wellentheorie f (genitive Wellentheorie, plural Wellentheorien)

  1. (linguistics) wave model; wave theory

Declension

Declension of Wellentheorie [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wellentheorie die Wellentheorien
genitive einer der Wellentheorie der Wellentheorien
dative einer der Wellentheorie den Wellentheorien
accusative eine die Wellentheorie die Wellentheorien
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