[Tex/LaTex] Prevent tikz tree nodes from overlapping

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I'm drawing tree structures of sentences with tikz, where nodes contain words, which may be longer sometimes. If that occurs, they are likely to overlap with neighbouring nodes. How can I tell tikz to keep a minimum spacing between neighbouring nodes? My MWE:

\documentclass{standalone}

\usepackage{tikz}
\tikzset{
  treenode/.style = {align=center, inner sep=3pt, text centered,
    font=\sffamily},
  arn_n/.style = {treenode, rectangle, text width=3em},
  arn_x/.style = {treenode},
  gray-arrow/.style = {draw=gray}
}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth',level/.style={sibling distance = 10cm/#1,
  level distance = 1cm}] 
\node [arn_n]{NP}
child { node [arn_n] {N'}
    child { node [arn_n] {N'}
        child { node [arn_n] {aa}
            child { node [arn_x] {der}
            }
        }
        child { node [arn_n] {N'}
            child { node [arn_n] {AP}
                child { node [arn_x] {geduldigsten}
                }
            }
            child { node [arn_n] {N'}
                child { node [arn_n] {N}
                    child { node [arn_x] {Konservativen}
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    child { node [arn_n] {N'}
        child { node [arn_n] {aa}
            child { node [arn_x] {unserer}
            }
        }
        child { node [arn_n] {N'}
            child { node [arn_n] {N}
                child { node [arn_x] {Partei}
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
;
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

In this case, the nodes containing "unserer" and "N'" overlap on the fifth level. What's a smart way to prevent that?

Best Answer

forest does it for you:

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{forest}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta}

\begin{document}
\begin{forest}
for tree={
  treenode/.style = {align=center, inner sep=3pt, 
        text centered, font=\sffamily},
  arn_n/.style = {treenode, rectangle, text width=3em},
  arn_x/.style = {treenode},
  gray-arrow/.style = {draw=gray},
  edge=-{Stealth}}
[NP, arn_n
    [N', arn_n
        [N', arn_n
            [aa, arn_n
                [der, arn_x]]
            [N', arn_n
                [AP, arn_n
                    [geduldigsten, arn_x]]
                [N', arn_n
                    [N, arn_n
                        [Konservativen, arn_x]]]]]
        [N', arn_n
            [aa, arn_n
                [unserer, arn_x]]
            [N', arn_n
                [N, arn_n
                    [Partei, arn_x]]]]]]
\end{forest}
\end{document}

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