Vocabulary
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Stilmittel
/ˈʃtiːlˌmɪtl̩/· noun· Pl. die Stilmittel
stylistic device
Metaphor, repetition, irony, an unusual word order: the tools a writer uses on purpose to create an effect. Every German literature class asks you to name them.
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- Singular
- das Stilmittel
- Plural
- die Stilmittel
- Genitiv
- des Stilmittels
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Stilmittel
stylistic (rhetorical) device
Ironie ist das wichtigste Stilmittel der Glosse.
Irony is the most important device of the satirical column.
Word family
Stilmittelder Stilstyledas Mittelmeans, devicedie Stilistikstylistics
Common combinations
- ein Stilmittel einsetzento use a stylistic device
- als Stilmittel dienento serve as a stylistic device
- rhetorische Stilmittelrhetorical devices
Real examples
- Die Wiederholung ist hier ein bewusstes Stilmittel.The repetition is a deliberate stylistic device here.
- Welche Stilmittel verwendet die Autorin?Which stylistic devices does the author use?
- Auch die Wortstellung kann ein Stilmittel sein.Word order can be a stylistic device too.
