Why is it das Multimedia?

Multimedia ends in the word die Media. Compounds usually take the article of their last word, but this one is an exception: das Multimedia.

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Meaning

[1] Co -interaction of various media, such as text, video and image that combine into a work

[1] Zusammenwirken verschiedener Medien, wie zum Beispiel Text, Video und Bild, die sich zu einem Werk vereinen

Examples

Companies that work in the area of ​​Multimedia are boomed in the 1990s

[1] Firmen, die im Bereich des Multimedia tätig sind, boomten in den 1990er Jahren.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Multimedia —
Genitiv des Multimedias —
Dativ dem Multimedia —
Akkusativ das Multimedia —

Pronunciation

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