Wellentheorie
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from German Wellentheorie.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]the Wellentheorie
- Synonym of wave model (“a model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin”)
Usage notes
[edit]- The Oxford English Dictionary notes that the term is "not fully naturalized in English.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Wellentheorie”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]Wellentheorie f (genitive Wellentheorie, plural Wellentheorien)
Declension
[edit]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 |