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Grammofon

das Grammofon

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

Plural
die Grammofone

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

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Why is it das Grammofon?

Grammofon is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Fon. So it’s das Grammofon.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Player for recordings with sound judges

[1] Wiedergabegerät für Schallplatten mit Schalltrichter

Examples

[1] "The tonearm of the gramophone appeared fragile in its strong hands"

[1] „Der Tonarm des Grammofons wirkte zerbrechlich in seinen kräftigen Händen.“

[1] "The gramophone was wrapped in ceilings because of the cold" "

[1] „Das Grammofon war in Decken gehüllt wegen der Kälte.“
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Richard Tauber croaked from a gramophone and drowned out the marriage noise from the deep party resort"

[1] „Aus einem Grammofon krächzte Richard Tauber und übertönte den Ehekrach vom Tiefparterre.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Grammofon die Grammofone
Genitiv des Grammofons der Grammofone
Dativ dem Grammofon den Grammofonen
Akkusativ das Grammofon die Grammofone

Pronunciation

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