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The article for

Genre

das Genre

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

Plural
die Genres
English
genre
Topic
Literature

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

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Why is it das Genre?

Genre ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Genre is an exception: das Genre.

The other -e exceptions
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Art direction in general (not stylistic) senses

[1] Kunstrichtung im allgemeinen (nicht stilistischen) Sinne

Examples

[1] Jazz, rock and pop are musical genres, landscape and portrait are genres in the painting

[1] Jazz, Rock und Pop sind musikalische Genres, Landschaft und Portrait sind Genres in der Malerei.

[1] I like to watch films - which genre is particularly interested in you

[1] Ich schaue gern Filme. — Welches Genre interessiert dich besonders?
More source examples (4)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Literature of this genre often plays the dangerous game of myth education" "

[1] „Literatur dieses Genres spielt oftmals das gefährliche Spiel der Mythenbildung.“

[1] "The booklet turned the genre of travel literature upside down"

[1] „Das Büchlein hat das Genre der Reiseliteratur auf den Kopf gestellt.“

[1] "Poems as a literary genre had never really inspired him"

[1] „Gedichte als literarisches Genre hatten ihn nie wirklich begeistern können.“

[1] "However, the language of this literature was partially recognizable by the registers and styles of the corresponding Middle High German genres"

[1] „Die Sprache dieser Literatur war allerdings zum Teil erkennbar durch die Register und Stile der entsprechenden mittelhochdeutschen Genres geprägt.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Genre die Genres
Genitiv des Genres der Genres
Dativ dem Genre den Genres
Akkusativ das Genre die Genres

Pronunciation

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