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The article for

Jazz

der Jazz

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

Plural
no plural
English
jazz
Level
B1

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Why is it der Jazz?

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

Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] Music: In the USA, music genre with roots in blues and the music of black slave workers

[1] Musik: in den USA entstandene Musikrichtung mit Wurzeln im Blues und der Musik schwarzer Sklavenarbeiter

Examples

[1] Jazz has many followers in Germany

[1] Jazz hat in Deutschland viele Anhänger.

[1] "The band rattles off all the bars that dedicate the dance and the triumphant jazz"

[1] „Die Band klappert alle Lokale ab, die dem Tanz und dem triumphierenden Jazz geweiht sind.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Your music were jazz and the rock 'n' roller

[1] „Ihre Musik waren der Jazz und der Rock 'n' Roll.“

[1] "The boys saw them that they didn't understand anything from jazz"

[1] „Daß sie von Jazz nichts verstanden, sahen die Jungs ihnen nach.“

[1] "Jazz is a sign of grandeur, the music of the rich and new rich, the music of the creators of this beautiful, broken world"

[1] „Jazz ist ein Zeichen von Erhabenheit, die Musik der Reichen und Neureichen, die Musik der Schöpfer dieser schönen, kaputten Welt.“

Declension

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

Pronunciation

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