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The article for

Cello

das Cello

Cello is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Celli

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it das Cello?

Cello ends in -o, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 45% of -o nouns take das, 43% take der, and 11% take die. So learn it with its article: das Cello.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Second largest instrument of the family of string instruments

[1] zweitgrößtes Instrument der Familie der Streichinstrumente

Examples

[1] "The violin or the cello must be adjusted personally to the player"

[1] „Die Geige oder das Cello muss auf den Spieler persönlich eingestellt werden.“

[1] "Until cellists, cases, suitcases, boxes, bags are on the allocated floors, the time has come until everything has to be down again to reach the samples on time"

[1] „Bis Celli, Cellisten, Koffer, Kisten, Taschen in den zugeteilten Stockwerken sind, ist die Zeit gekommen, bis zu der wieder alles unten sein muss, um die Proben pünktlich zu erreichen.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The human voice of the cello, which exceeds any other instrument in the sound, went to heart when Henriette played it, and she knew it"

[1] „Die menschliche Stimme des Cellos, das im Klang jedes andere Instrument übertrifft, ging mir zu Herzen, wenn Henriette es spielte, und sie wußte es.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Cello die Celli
Genitiv des Cellos der Celli
Dativ dem Cello den Celli
Akkusativ das Cello die Celli

Pronunciation

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