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The article for

Cembalo

das Cembalo

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

Plural
die Cembali

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

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Why is it das Cembalo?

Cembalo 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 Cembalo.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Music: Key instrument in the form of a wing with plucking mechanics (short form for clavicembalo)

[1] Musik: Tasteninstrument in Form eines Flügels mit Zupfmechanik (Kurzform für Clavicembalo)

Examples

[1] "Without noticing it, I got up and listened to the glass -fine tones and pearling Glissandi of a harpsichord or spinet, which like a cool, invigorating air breath through the stuffy staircase of the weir tower" "

[1] „Ohne es zu merken, war ich aufgestanden und lauschte den glasfeinen Tönen und perlenden Glissandi eines Cembalos oder Spinetts, die wie ein kühler, belebender Lufthauch durch das stickige Treppenhaus des Wehrturms strichen.“

[1] "He discovered ten or twelve dates on the harpsichord and ate them"

[1] „Er entdeckte auf dem Cembalo zehn oder zwölf Datteln und aß sie auf.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural 1 Plural 2
Nominativ das Cembalo die Cembali die Cembalos
Genitiv des Cembalos der Cembali der Cembalos
Dativ dem Cembalo den Cembali den Cembalos
Akkusativ das Cembalo die Cembali die Cembalos

Pronunciation

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