Why is it das Musical?

Musical 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: das Musical.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Music: Modern form of Singspiel, theater performance with vocals and dance, mostly in the style of pop music

[1] Musik: moderne Form des Singspiels, Theateraufführung mit Gesang und Tanz, meist im Stil der Popmusik

Examples

[1] The singer and actor worked in well -known musicals such as "Cats" or "Dance of the Vampire"

[1] Der Sänger und Schauspieler wirkte in bekannten Musicals, wie „Cats“ oder „Tanz der Vampire“ mit.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Musical die Musicals
Genitiv des Musicals der Musicals
Dativ dem Musical den Musicals
Akkusativ das Musical die Musicals

Pronunciation

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