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Angesichts der vielen Floskeln im ersten Entwurf greift Otti seufzend zum Rotstift. Faced with all the stock phrases in the first draft, Otti sighs and reaches for the red pen.

noun · C1

die Floskel

[ˈflɔskl̩]

stock phrase, cliché, empty phrase

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Grammar

Plural
die Floskeln In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Floskel die Floskeln
Accusative wen? was? die Floskel die Floskeln
Dative wem? der Floskel den Floskeln
Genitive wessen? der Floskel der Floskeln
Angesichts der vielen Floskeln im ersten Entwurf greift Otti seufzend zum Rotstift. Faced with all the stock phrases in the first draft, Otti sighs and reaches for the red pen.

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Word family

floskelhaft

In Otti's situations: Otti writes a reference letter

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