Wellentheorie

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Wellentheorie.

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

• The Oxford English Dictionary notes that the term is "not fully naturalized in English.

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