Why is it der Metal?
Metal ends in -al, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 65% of -al nouns take das and 33% take der. So learn it with its article: der Metal.
Which endings you can rely on der
Meaning
[1] Short for Heavy Metal: In the 70s, the style of music created in the 70s
[1] kurz für Heavy Metal: in den 70ern entstandene Stilrichtung der MusikExamples
[1] I like to hear metal
[1] Ich höre gerne Metal.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Metal | — |
| Genitiv | des Metal des Metals | — |
| Dativ | dem Metal | — |
| Akkusativ | den Metal | — |
Pronunciation
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