Why is it der Maestro?
Maestro ends in -o, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 45% of -o nouns take das, 43% take der, and 11% take die. So learn it with its article: der Maestro.
Which endings you can rely onMeaning
[1] Music teacher
[1] Musiklehrer[2] important musicians
[2] bedeutender Musiker[3] Specialized: Salutation for the conductor of an orchestra
[3] fachsprachlich: Anrede für den Dirigenten eines OrchestersExamples
[1] The Maestro taught us a lot of new
[1] Der Maestro lehrte uns viel Neues.
[2] You are a real Maestraä
[2] Du bist ja ein wahrer Maestro!
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[2] "He, the celebrated Maestro, the star among the European wind orchestra conductors, the darling of an international audience, now a tromboneist in a third-party chapel with lying Italianità ..."
[2] „Er, der gefeierte Maestro, der Star unter den europäischen Blasorchester-Dirigenten, der Liebling eines internationalen Publikums, nun Posaunist in einer drittrangigen Kapelle mit verlogener italianità…“
[3] We were allowed to see a rehearsal with Maestro Reinhard Goebel
[3] Wir durften bei einer Probe mit Maestro Reinhard Goebel dabei sein.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural 1 | Plural 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Maestro | die Maestros | die Maestri |
| Genitiv | des Maestros | der Maestros | der Maestri |
| Dativ | dem Maestro | den Maestros | den Maestri |
| Akkusativ | den Maestro | die Maestros | die Maestri |
Pronunciation
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