# die Stammbaumtheorie

die Stammbaumtheorie is a German noun meaning “tree model”. Forms: der Stammbaumtheorie.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Stammbaumtheorie

## Meanings

1. _historical · no plural_ The tree model theory, a theory of the evolution of languages analogous to the concept of a family tree, with the assumption that each language has evolved from a single parent language, with languages that share a common ancestor belonging to the same language family.
2. tree model
   - Die Stammbaumtheorie ist nur ein Modell unter mehreren für Sprachwandel und Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse zwischen Sprachen.

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