Stammbaum

English

Etymology

From German Stammbaum (“family tree”).

Noun

Stammbaum (plural Stammbaums)

1. (linguistics) A tree of genetically related languages or dialects formed by grouping them according to their most recent common ancestor.

   Synonym: tree model

Translations

tree of genetically related languages

• Armenian: լեզվաբուն (hy) (lezvabun)

Further reading

• tree model on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

Stamm +‎ Baum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtambaʊ̯m/

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Noun

Stammbaum m (strong, genitive Stammbaumes or Stammbaums, plural Stammbäume)

1. family tree

   Synonym: Ahnentafel

Declension

Declension of Stammbaum [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Stammbaum	die	Stammbäume
genitive	eines	des	Stammbaumes, Stammbaums	der	Stammbäume
dative	einem	dem	Stammbaum, Stammbaume1	den	Stammbäumen
accusative	einen	den	Stammbaum	die	Stammbäume

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Stammbaum” in Duden online