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The article for

Slapstick

der Slapstick

Slapstick is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Slapsticks

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Why is it der Slapstick?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Slapstick, so learn the two together: der Slapstick.

Sense 1
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Meaning

[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

Examples

[1] Charlie Chaplin was a master of the Slapsticksä

[1] Charlie Chaplin war ein Meister des Slapsticks.

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

[1] „Der Slapstick und die Slapstick-Komik garantierten den weichen Fall.“
More source examples (1)

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

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

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Slapstick die Slapsticks
Genitiv des Slapsticks der Slapsticks
Dativ dem Slapstick den Slapsticks
Akkusativ den Slapstick die Slapsticks

Pronunciation

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