Is it der, die oder das Popmusik?

DIE

The correct article in German of Popmusik is die. So it is die Popmusik! (nominative case)

The word Popmusik is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.

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German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

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The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);
for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);
for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Popmusik?

How does the declension of Popmusik work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	die Popmusik	die Popmusiken
Genitive	der Popmusik	der Popmusiken
Dative	der Popmusik	den Popmusiken
Akkusative	die Popmusik	die Popmusiken

What is the meaning of Popmusik in German?

Popmusik is defined as:

[1] widespread popular music

[1] weitverbreitete populäre Musik

How to use Popmusik in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Popmusik with translations in English.

[1] „Nur so ließ sich das Gesamtkunstwerk lebendig halten. Egal, wohin der technische Fortschritt die Popmusik steuern mochte Michael Jackson würde schon dort sein. Im Jahr 1982 ging Jackson ins Aufnahmestudio mit dem klaren Ziel, die erfolgreichste Platte aller Zeiten aufzunehmen.“

[1] “This was the only way to keep the total work of art alive, no matter where the technical progress, Michael Jackson would already be there would be there. In 1982, Jackson went to the recording studio with the clear goal of recording the most successful record ever. ”

[1] „Man kann das gemeinsame Unternehmen der beiderseits in anderen Zusammenhängen der elektronischen Musik aktiven Protagonisten allerdings auch als einen Versuch ansehen, Popmusik anders zu definieren.

[1] “However, the joint company of the protagonists active on both sides in other contexts of electronic music can also be seen as a attempt to define pop music differently

[1] „Einer der Kellner lehnte am Tresen und lauschte einem Transistorradio, das Popmusik spielte.“

[1] "One of the waiter leaned on the counter and listened to a transistorradio that pop music played"

[1] „Ihre Musik wollte keine Popmusik sein, kein Rock'n'Roll oder Blues, sondern etwas unerhört Fremdes.“

[1] "Your music did not want to be pop music, not a rock'n'roll or blues, but somewhat outrageous foreign."

How do you pronounce Popmusik?

Popmusik

Pictures or photos of Popmusik

[3] Popmusik

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