Is it der, die oder das Stil?

DER

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

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

Finding the right gender of a noun

German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

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The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);
for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);
for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Stil?

How does the declension of Stil 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 Stil	die Stile
Genitive	des Stils des Stiles	der Stile
Dative	dem Stil dem Stile	den Stilen
Akkusative	den Stil	die Stile

What is the meaning of Stil in German?

Stil has various definitions in German:

[1] special design (in art, life, sport ...)

[1] besondere Gestaltungsweise (in Kunst, Leben, Sport…)

[2] Linguistics, literary studies: Special selection of linguistic means in the design of a text

[2] Linguistik, Literaturwissenschaft: spezielle Auswahl sprachlicher Mittel bei der Gestaltung eines Textes

How to use Stil in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Stil with translations in English.

[1] Zum guten Stil beim Verfassen von Werken gehören Einleitung und Ausklang.

[1] The good style of writing works includes introduction and exclusion

[1] Viele berühmte Maler entwickeln ihren eigenen Stil.

[1] Many famous painters develop their own style

[2] Jeder Text weist seinen eigenen Stil auf.

[2] Each text shows its own style

[2] „Stil ist eine Sache der Erfahrung. Das heißt aber: Stil ist ein Prozess und kein Zustand.“

[2] "Style is a matter of experience but that means: style is a process and not a condition."

[2] „Oben wurde die Varietät der Umgangssprache als Stil des Alltagsverkehrs gekennzeichnet.“

[2] "At the top, the variety of colloquial language was characterized as a style of everyday traffic"

[2] „Der Stil eines Textes ist teils vom Inhalt, teils von formalen Eigenschaften bestimmt.“

[2] "The style of a text is partly determined by the content, partly of formal properties"

[2] „Aber dieser manierierte deutschtümelnde Stil machte Schule.“

[2] "But this mannered German -tumbling style made school"

How do you pronounce Stil?

Stil

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