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Musikinstrument

das Musikinstrument

Musikinstrument is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Musikinstrumente
English
musical instrument
Level
B1

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Why is it das Musikinstrument?

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

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Music: Manual, sound -producing apparatus on which music is played

[1] Musik: manuelle, klangerzeugende Apparatur, auf der Musik gespielt wird

Examples

[1] Many musical instruments are required to equip an orchestra

[1] Zur Ausstattung eines Orchesters werden viele Musikinstrumente benötigt.

[1] Every musical instrument is played by a musician

[1] Jedes Musikinstrument wird von einem Musiker gespielt.
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Some brought their musical instruments with a lot"

[1] „Einige brachten ihre Musikinstrumente mit.“

[1] "What depends on whether a musical instrument belongs to the wood or brass instrument" "

[1] „Wovon hängt es ab, ob ein Musikinstrument zu den Holz- oder Blechblasinstrumenten gehört?“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Musikinstrument die Musikinstrumente
Genitiv des Musikinstrumentes des Musikinstruments der Musikinstrumente
Dativ dem Musikinstrument dem Musikinstrumente den Musikinstrumenten
Akkusativ das Musikinstrument die Musikinstrumente

In context

[1] Musikinstrumente
[1] Musikinstrumente Wikimedia Commons

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