Noun
die Rhetorik
Pronunciation: [ʁeˈtoːʁɪk]
rhetoric
B2
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plural Rhetoriken
Meanings
Noun
- rhetoric
Example sentence
Sie belegt an der Uni einen Kurs für Rhetorik.
She's taking a rhetoric course at university.
Word forms
singular
die Rhetorik
plural
die Rhetoriken
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Rhetorik
Accusativedie Rhetorik
Dativeder Rhetorik
Genitiveder Rhetorik
Plural
Nominativedie Rhetoriken
Accusativedie Rhetoriken
Dativeden Rhetoriken
Genitiveder Rhetoriken
Usage
- die Kunst der Rhetorik — the art of persuasive speaking
- bloße Rhetorik — mere rhetoric; words presented as lacking action or substance
Im Rhetorikkurs analysieren wir die Rhetorik bekannter Reden.
In the public-speaking course, we analyse the rhetoric of well-known speeches.