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The article for

Tableau

das Tableau

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

Plural
die Tableaus

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it das Tableau?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Tableau, so learn the two together: das Tableau.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Film, theater: impressive scene, effective grouping of actors

[1] Film, Theater: eindrücklich wirkende Szene, effektvolle Gruppierung von Akteuren

[2] Octed: painting

[2] veraltet: Gemälde

[3] Literature: Epic description of an impressive scene

[3] Literaturwissenschaft: epische Schilderung einer eindrücklichen Szene

[4] Austria: Overview, table (see, for example, belltable)

[4] Österreich: Übersicht, Tabelle (siehe zum Beispiel Klingeltableau)

Examples

[1] "The sight of the children, as they sat there in the middle of this table of innocence and decay, made him sadly"

[1] „Der Anblick der Kinder, wie sie dort inmitten dieses Tableaus von Unschuld und Verfall saßen, machte ihn traurig.“

[1] "We had staged this tableau once, and so it was as much a memory as presentation" "

[1] „Wir hatten dieses Tableau einmal inszeniert, und so war es ebenso sehr Erinnerung wie Vorstellung.“
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[4] Klingeltable

[4] Klingeltableau

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Tableau die Tableaus
Genitiv des Tableaus der Tableaus
Dativ dem Tableau den Tableaus
Akkusativ das Tableau die Tableaus

Pronunciation

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