Is it der, die or das Disco? – die Disco (disco), plural die Discos

Why is it die Disco?

Disco 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: die Disco.

Which endings you can rely on

Sense 1

die

Meaning

[1] Modern dance hall with constant music

[1] Modernes Tanzlokal mit ständiger Musikbeschallung

Examples

[1] Today we go to the disco!
[1] Heute gehen wir in die Disco!

[1] "I had my first contact with the East after the fall of the Berlin Wall, when I met an East Berliner in a Duisburg disco." [1]
[1] „Meinen ersten Ostkontakt hatte ich nach dem Mauerfall, als ich einen Ostberliner in einer Duisburger Disco kennenlernte.“[1]

More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] “Even in the disco, glasses were a hindrance” [2]
[1] „Auch in der Disco war die Brille hinderlich.“[2]

Declension

1	Singular	Plural
Nominativ	die Disco	die Discos
Genitiv	der Disco	der Discos
Dativ	der Disco	den Discos
Akkusativ	die Disco	die Discos

Pronunciation

In context