"Alliteration" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /alɪteʁaˈt͡si̯oːn/ Audio: De-Alliteration.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin allīterātiō. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|la|NL.|allīterātiō}} Borrowed from Latin allīterātiō Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Alliteration f (genitive Alliteration, plural Alliterationen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Alliteration [genitive], Alliterationen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Alliteration [nominative, singular], Alliterationen [definite, nominative, plural], Alliteration [genitive, singular], Alliterationen [definite, genitive, plural], Alliteration [dative, singular], Alliterationen [dative, definite, plural], Alliteration [accusative, singular], Alliterationen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. alliteration Tags: feminine Synonyms: Stabreim
    Sense id: en-Alliteration-de-noun-hdCp2JWT Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Prosody

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1874, Carl Sirker, “Der Stabreim bei den neueren deutschen Dichtern”, in Max Moltke, editor, Deutscher Sprachwart, Zeitschrift für Kunde und Kunst der Sprache, page 53:",
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          "translation": "The stave-rhyme or alliteration is the oldest form of Germanic rhyme, which our ancestors seem to have brought with them from the erstwhile common homeland of the Indo-European peoples in the East.",
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