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The article for

Violoncello

das Violoncello

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

Plural
die Violoncelli

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Why is it das Violoncello?

Violoncello is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Cello. So it’s das Violoncello.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Music: Second largest instrument of the family of string instruments

[1] Musik: zweitgrößtes Instrument der Familie der Streichinstrumente

Examples

[1] "And also the compositions for the cello that the cellist and composer Villa-Lobos wrote, I was at my heart"

[1] „Und auch die Kompositionen für das Violoncello, die der Cellist und Komponist Villa-Lobos geschrieben hatte, lagen mir am Herzen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural 1 Plural 2
Nominativ das Violoncello die Violoncelli die Violoncellos
Genitiv des Violoncellos der Violoncelli der Violoncellos
Dativ dem Violoncello den Violoncelli den Violoncellos
Akkusativ das Violoncello die Violoncelli die Violoncellos

Pronunciation

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