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Refrain

Refrain is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Refrains
English
chorus, refrain

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Why is it der Refrain?

Refrain ends in -in. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (88% take die), but Refrain is an exception: der Refrain.

The other -in exceptions
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Repeating part of music or poems between or after stanzas

[1] sich wiederholender Teil von Musik oder Gedichten zwischen oder nach Strophen

Examples

[1] The chorus is already on my nervous

[1] Der Refrain geht mir mittlerweile schon auf die Nerven.

[1] "People agreed in the chorus, but seemed to be different from the song"

[1] „Die Leute stimmten in den Refrain ein, schienen jedoch unterschiedlich viel von dem Lied zu können.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Refrain die Refrains
Genitiv des Refrains der Refrains
Dativ dem Refrain den Refrains
Akkusativ den Refrain die Refrains

Pronunciation

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Nouns with the same ending

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