Is it der, die or das Slapstick?

DER

Slapstick

The correct article in German of Slapstick is der. So it is der Slapstick! (nominative case)

The word Slapstick is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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German declension of Slapstick?

How does the declension of Slapstick work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	der Slapstick	die Slapsticks
Genitive	des Slapsticks	der Slapsticks
Dative	dem Slapstick	den Slapsticks
Akkusative	den Slapstick	die Slapsticks

What is the meaning of Slapstick in German?

Slapstick has various definitions in German:

[1] Form of comedy, in which strange effects are caused by body -related actions

[1] Form der Komödie, bei der komische Effekte durch körperbezogene Aktionen hervorgerufen werden

[2] A coarse-comic gag, a mostly body-related, funny scene

[2] ein derb-komischer Gag, eine meist körperbezogene, lustige Szene

How to use Slapstick in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Slapstick with translations in English.

[1] Charlie Chaplin war ein Meister des Slapsticks.

[1] Charlie Chaplin was a master of the Slapsticksä

[1] „Der Slapstick und die Slapstick-Komik garantierten den weichen Fall.“

[1] "The slapstick and the slapstick comedy guaranteed the soft case" "

[2] Ein klassischer Slapstick ist das Werfen einer Sahnetorte in das Gesicht.

[2] A classic slapstick is the throwing of a cream cake into the face