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Lotte unterstreicht im Buch jedes Stilmittel mit einer anderen Farbe. In the book, Lotte underlines each stylistic device in a different colour.

noun · C1

das Stilmittel

[ˈʃtiːlˌmɪtl̩]

stylistic device, rhetorical device

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Grammar

Plural
die Stilmittel 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? das Stilmittel die Stilmittel
Welche Stilmittel erkennt ihr in diesem Werbeslogan, und warum bleibt er so gut im Kopf? Which stylistic devices do you recognise in this advertising slogan, and why does it stick in your mind so well?
Accusative wen? was? das Stilmittel die Stilmittel
Dative wem? dem Stilmittel den Stilmitteln
Genitive wessen? des Stilmittels der Stilmittel

How the Word Is Built

Stil root mittel root

A compound: der Stil + das Mittel

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

der Stilstilistischdas Mittel

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