Is it der, die oder das Trio?

DAS

The correct article in German of Trio is das. So it is das Trio! (nominative case)

The word Trio is neuter, therefore the correct article is das.

Finding the right gender of a noun

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 Trio?

How does the declension of Trio 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	das Trio	die Trios
Genitive	des Trios	der Trios
Dative	dem Trio	den Trios
Akkusative	das Trio	die Trios

What is the meaning of Trio in German?

Trio has various definitions in German:

[1] group of three people who do something together

[1] Gruppe von drei Personen, die etwas gemeinsam tun

[2] Music: piece for three instruments

[2] Musik: Stück für drei Instrumente

[3] Music: Part of a piece of music, originally a middle part, today often also the final part, especially in menuett, Scherzo, March and Polka

[3] Musik: Teil eines Musikstückes, ursprünglich ein Mittelteil, heute oft auch der Schlussteil vor allem bei Menuett, Scherzo, Marsch und Polka

How to use Trio in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Trio with translations in English.

[1] Da der Saxophonist krank war, spielten sie diesmal nur als Trio.

[1] Since the saxophonist was sick, they only played as a trio this time

[1] „Am nächsten Tisch nimmt ein elegantes Trio Platz: ein Mann mit silbergrauem Haar, ein sehr gepflegter, kultivierter Mann, und zwei Frauen, seine Frau und seine Mutter wahrscheinlich.“

[1] "An elegant trio takes a seat on the next table: a man with a silver -gray hair, a very well -kept, cultivated man, and two women, his wife and mother likely"

[1] „Seither prangte das revolutionäre Trio wieder an seinem Stammplatz.“

[1] "Since then, the revolutionary trio has been emblazoned at its regular place"

[1] „Der liebe Gott meint es gut mit dem Trio, und um diesen Umstand zu feiern, gibt es ausnahmsweise noch einen Schnaps.“

[1] "The dear God means well with the trio, and to celebrate this fact, there is still a schnapps" exceptionally "

[1] „Unser Trio dauerte vier Stunden.“

[1] "Our trio lasted four hours of hour"

[2] Sie spielten ein Trio für Violine, Bratsche und Violoncello.

[2] They played a trio for violin, viola and violoncello

[3] Eine weit verbreitete Untugend ist es, im Trio eines Marsches rhytmisch mitzuklatschen.

[3] A widespread unintention is to be rhythically clapping in the trio of a march

How do you pronounce Trio?

Trio

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