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The article for

Expressionismus

der Expressionismus

Expressionismus is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
no plural

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Why is it der Expressionismus?

Expressionismus ends in -ismus, and nouns ending in -ismus are masculine: in a German dictionary, 100% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ismus
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Art history: A art movement created in the twentieth century

[1] Kunstgeschichte: eine im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert entstandene Kunstrichtung

Examples

[1] "In particular, young writers of Expressionism made their annoyance over the ossified society by calling up the apocalypse"

[1] „Insbesondere junge Literaten des Expressionismus machten ihrem Verdruß über die verknöcherte Gesellschaft durch Herbeirufen der Apokalypse Luft.“

[1] "Matisse invented cubism and expressionism, reports Däublerä"

[1] „Matisse habe die Begriffe Kubismus und Expressionismus erfunden, berichtet Däubler.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Most German -writing authors in Prague are concerned about their style, attributing expressionism"

[1] „Die meisten deutschschreibenden Autoren in Prag sind, was ihren Stil betrifft, dem Expressionismus zuzurechnen.“

[1] "He must have told my father a lot about Expressionism, who at that time had long since been banished from all Gallenia and museums"

[1] „Er muss meinem Vater viel über den Expressionismus erzählt haben, der zu dieser Zeit ja längst aus allen Gallerien und Museen verbannt war.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Expressionismus —
Genitiv des Expressionismus —
Dativ dem Expressionismus —
Akkusativ den Expressionismus —

Pronunciation

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