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Meet die Musik

See how the article changes from case to case, then try the exercises.

All 4 meanings

  1. (uncountable) music
  2. (uncountable) music as a school subject, musical instruction
  3. (countable) a musical piece
  4. (countable, informal) a band, mostly one performing at some event

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Musik, use the coloured column: feminine.

der, die, das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativederdiedasdie
accusativedendiedasdie
dativedemderdemden
ein, kein, mein: ein has no plural. mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser… end like kein.
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeineineeinkeine
accusativeeineneineeinkeine
dativeeinemeinereinemkeinen

no plural

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die ruhige Musik beruhigt mich.The quiet music calms me down.Nominative · subjectPractise „ruhig“ →
  2. 2
    Ich höre keine deutsche Musik.I don’t listen to any German music.Accusative · hörenPractise „deutsch“ →
  3. 3
    Er entspannt sich bei der leisen Musik.He relaxes while listening to the quiet music.Dative · beiPractise „leise“ →
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