Stil

See also: stil, stíl, and štil

German

Etymology

From Latin stilus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stiːl/, /ʃtiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Homophone: Stiel (according to one of the possible pronunciations)

Noun

Stil m (genitive Stils or Stiles, plural Stile)

  1. style
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 73:
      Das Herrenhaus in Burkahnen war ein ganz altes Gebäude, das ursprünglich keinen Anspruch auf besonderen Stil erheben konnte, aber Dorothees Großeltern hatten es im klassizistischen Geschmack jener Tage neu herrichten lassen.
      The manor house in Burkahnen was a very old building, which originally could not claim a special style, but Dorothee's grandparents had had it renovated in the classicist taste of those days.

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Further reading

  • Stil in Duden online
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