Why is it das Musikfest?

Musikfest is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Fest. So it’s das Musikfest.

Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] Feast of music

[1] Fest der Musik

Examples

[1] "Almuth also wanted to take part in this music festival"

[1] „Auch Almuth wollte an diesem Musikfest teilnehmen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Musikfest die Musikfeste
Genitiv des Musikfestes des Musikfests der Musikfeste
Dativ dem Musikfest dem Musikfeste den Musikfesten
Akkusativ das Musikfest die Musikfeste

Pronunciation

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