Vocabulary
die
Lyrik
/ˈlyːʁɪk/· noun· Pl. —
poetry (as a literary genre), lyric poetry
Die Lyrik — poetry as one of the three literary genres (Lyrik, Epik, Dramatik); at school you analyse Gedichte, at university and in the arts pages people speak of Lyrik.
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- Singular
- die Lyrik
- Plural
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- der Lyrik
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Lyrik
poetry (genre)
Die Lyrik des Expressionismus ist voller Bilder von Großstadt und Krieg.
Expressionist poetry is full of images of the big city and war.
Word family
Lyriklyrischlyrical, poeticder Lyrikerpoetdie Lyrikerinpoet (woman)der Lyrikbandvolume of poetry
Common combinations
- moderne Lyrikmodern poetry
- Lyrik schreibento write poetry
- ein Band Lyrika volume of poetry
Common learner mistakes
- die Lyrik von diesem Songder Text von diesem Song (der Songtext)False friend: a song's lyrics are der Songtext or die Liedtexte; die Lyrik is poetry as literature.
Real examples
- Sie veröffentlicht neben Romanen auch Lyrik.Besides novels she also publishes poetry.
- Im Deutschunterricht haben wir Lyrik der Romantik interpretiert.In German class we interpreted Romantic poetry.
- Lyrik verkauft sich schlecht, deshalb erscheinen viele Gedichtbände in kleinen Verlagen.Poetry sells badly, which is why many poetry collections come out with small publishers.
