Vocabulary
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Monolog
/monoˈloːk/· noun· Pl. die Monologe
monologue
A speech without an answer: on stage, in a novel as the innerer Monolog — and at dinner, when one person won't stop talking.
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Forms
- Singular
- der Monolog
- Plural
- die Monologe
- Genitiv
- des Monologs / des Monologes
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Monolog
monologue (theatre, film)
Der Monolog im dritten Akt dauert zehn Minuten.
The monologue in the third act lasts ten minutes.
Word family
Monologder Dialogthe dialoguemonologisierento monologise, to hold forthder innere Monologthe interior monologue
Common combinations
- ein innerer Monologan interior monologue
- einen Monolog haltento deliver a monologue
- in einen Monolog verfallento launch into a monologue
Similar & opposite
↔ Opposites
der Dialog
Common learner mistakes
- Das Kapitel ist ein interner Monolog.Das Kapitel ist ein innerer Monolog.The literary term is innerer Monolog; intern means internal, as in a company or an organisation.
Real examples
- Das letzte Kapitel ist ein einziger innerer Monolog.The last chapter is one long interior monologue.
- Die Schauspielerin hielt den Monolog ohne eine einzige Pause.The actress delivered the monologue without a single pause.
- Mein Onkel hält beim Essen gern lange Monologe über Politik.My uncle likes to hold forth about politics at dinner.
