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The article for

Mainstream

der Mainstream

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

Plural
no plural

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

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Why is it der Mainstream?

Mainstream is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: der Stream. So it’s der Mainstream.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Collective term for culture or attitudes, which is accessible to a large part of the population (or a certain group)

[1] Sammelbegriff für Kultur oder Einstellungen, die einem Großteil der Bevölkerung (oder einer bestimmten Gruppe) zugänglich und verständlich oder zueigen ist

Examples

[1] I get very bad when I have to listen to so much levelless mainstream pop

[1] Mir wird ganz übel, wenn ich mir soviel niveaulosen Mainstream-Pop anhören muss.

[1] "Devisiators from the mainstream have fewer opportunities to publish"

[1] „Abweichler vom Mainstream haben weniger Möglichkeiten zu publizieren.“

Declension

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

Pronunciation

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