Singular

die

Musik

Q: Is it der, die, or das Musik?

It is die Musik. In German, every noun has a grammatical gender, and Musik is feminine. You should always learn the article together with the noun to ensure your German grammar is correct.

Q: What CEFR level is the word Musik?

The German noun Musik is categorized as Beginner (A1) vocabulary. It is considered an essential word for learners at this level.

Q: What is the plural of die Musik?

The plural form of die Musik is die Musiken. In German, regardless of the singular gender, all plural nouns use the definite article “die.”

Q: What does die Musik mean in English?

The German word die Musik translates to “music” in English.

Q: How do you decline die Musik?

Like all German nouns, Musik changes its article depending on the case. In the singular, the forms are: Nominativ: die Musik Akkusativ: die Musik Dativ: der Musik Genitiv: der Musik These changes are necessary because German uses cases to indicate the noun’s role in a sentence (such as the subject or object). Knowing these forms allows you to build grammatically correct sentences.

music

Plural: die Musiken

Strong

Why does the noun Musik have the article die?

Nouns ending in -ik are feminine.

Examples

die Musik (music), die Politik (politics), die Fabrik (factory), die Technik (technology), die Physik (physics), die Grammatik (grammar), die Mathematik (mathematics)

Exceptions

der Atlantik (Atlantic), der Pazifik (Pacific), das Mosaik (mosaic)

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Declension table for German noun Musik

How it changes across the four cases.

Case	Definite	Indefinite	Negative
Nominativ	die Musik	Musik	keine Musik
Akkusativ	die Musik	Musik	keine Musik
Dativ	der Musik	Musik	keiner Musik
Genitiv	der Musik	einer Musik	keiner Musik
Nominativ	die Musiken	Musiken	keine Musiken
Akkusativ	die Musiken	Musiken	keine Musiken
Dativ	den Musiken	Musiken	keinen Musiken
Genitiv	der Musiken	Musiken	keiner Musiken

Examples in context

Real sentences using Musik in different cases.

Case	Definite	Indefinite	Negative
Nominativ	Die neue Musik ist sehr laut.The new music is very loud.	Im Radio läuft gute Musik.Good music is playing on the radio.	Das ist keine entspannende Musik für mich.That is not relaxing music for me.
Akkusativ	Ich höre die klassische Musik gern.I like to listen to classical music.	Er macht elektronische Musik.He makes electronic music.	Wir wollen keine laute Musik hören.We don't want to hear any loud music.
Dativ	Ich höre der schönen Musik zu.I am listening to the beautiful music.	Wir tanzen zu schneller Musik.We are dancing to fast music.	Er kann bei keiner lauten Musik schlafen.He cannot sleep with any loud music.
Genitiv	Der Klang der klassischen Musik ist schön.The sound of classical music is beautiful.	Das ist der Anfang einer neuen Musik.This is the beginning of a new music.	Trotz keiner guten Musik war es still.Despite no good music, it was quiet.
Nominativ	Die alten Musiken kommen aus Afrika.The old music styles come from Africa.	Hier gibt es verschiedene Musiken.There are different types of music here.	Keine neuen Musiken sind heute populär.No new music styles are popular today.
Akkusativ	Er kennt die modernen Musiken nicht.He doesn't know the modern music styles.	Ich mag verschiedene Musiken aus den 80ern.I like different types of music from the 80s.	Sie hat keine neuen Musiken komponiert.She has composed no new pieces of music.
Dativ	Ich lausche den fremden Musiken.I listen to the foreign music styles.	Er arbeitet mit verschiedenen Musiken.He works with different types of music.	Mit keinen interessanten Musiken habe ich Erfahrung.I have no experience with interesting music.
Genitiv	Die Geschichte der europäischen Musiken ist lang.The history of the European music styles is long.	Das ist ein Festival verschiedener Musiken.This is a festival of different types of music.	Wegen keiner unbekannten Musiken kam niemand.Nobody came because of no unknown music styles.

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Is it der, die, or das Musik?

It is die Musik. In German, every noun has a grammatical gender, and Musik is feminine. You should always learn the article together with the noun to ensure your German grammar is correct.

What CEFR level is the word Musik?

The German noun Musik is categorized as Beginner (A1) vocabulary. It is considered an essential word for learners at this level.

What is the plural of die Musik?

The plural form of die Musik is die Musiken. In German, regardless of the singular gender, all plural nouns use the definite article “die.”

What does die Musik mean in English?

The German word die Musik translates to “music” in English.

How do you decline die Musik?

Like all German nouns, Musik changes its article depending on the case. In the singular, the forms are:

Nominativ: die Musik
Akkusativ: die Musik
Dativ: der Musik
Genitiv: der Musik

These changes are necessary because German uses cases to indicate the noun’s role in a sentence (such as the subject or object). Knowing these forms allows you to build grammatically correct sentences.

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