Why is it das Fagott?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Fagott, so learn the two together: das Fagott.

Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] Music: Woodwind instrument with a double pipe leaf

[1] Musik: Holzblasinstrument mit Doppelrohrblatt

Examples

[1] He played the fagotte in the orchestra

[1] Er spielte im Orchester das Fagott.

[1] The bassoon is "soft in the sound, but full, tortured in the high location, brittle, touch" "

[1] Das Fagott ist "im Klang weich, aber voll, in der hohen Lage gequält, spröde, rührend."
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Once he had conducted a new work in Meiningen, in which a longer solo park for the bassoon" "

[1] „Einmal hatte er in Meiningen ein neues Werk dirigiert, in dem eine längere Solostelle für die Fagotte vorkam.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Fagott die Fagotte
Genitiv des Fagotts des Fagottes der Fagotte
Dativ dem Fagott den Fagotten
Akkusativ das Fagott die Fagotte

Pronunciation

In context

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