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The article for

Tonart

die Tonart

Tonart is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Tonarten

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Why is it die Tonart?

Tonart is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Art. So it’s die Tonart.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Music: A step sequence of tones (scale)

[1] Musik: eine Stufenfolge von Tönen (Tonleiter)

[2] tone in which someone speaks to someone else

[2] Tonfall, in dem jemand zu jemand anderem spricht

Examples

[1] The concert was written in this key

[1] Das Konzert war in dieser Tonart geschrieben

[1] The piece existed in the keys minor and major

[1] Das Stück existierte in den Tonarten Moll und Dur
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[2] "He had the ability to face men who were older, rigid, more immoving than him, a kindly key" to hit "

[2] „Er besaß die Fähigkeit, Männern gegenüber, die älter, starrer, unbeweglicher waren als er, eine liebenswürdige Tonart anzuschlagen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Tonart die Tonarten
Genitiv der Tonart der Tonarten
Dativ der Tonart den Tonarten
Akkusativ die Tonart die Tonarten

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