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Auf der Tafel vor dem Friseursalon steht ein Wortspiel: Haarmonie. The board outside the hair salon has a pun on it: Haarmonie.

noun · C1

das Wortspiel

[ˈvɔʁtˌʃpiːl]

pun, play on words

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Grammar

Plural
die Wortspiele 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 Wortspiel die Wortspiele
Accusative wen? was? das Wortspiel die Wortspiele
Dative wem? dem Wortspiel den Wortspielen
Genitive wessen? des Wortspiels der Wortspiele

How the Word Is Built

Wort root spiel root

A compound: das Wort + das Spiel

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

das Wortdas Spielspielen

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