What does Impressionismus mean in English?

In English, der Impressionismus means “impressionism”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Impressionismus?

Nominative: der Impressionismus. Accusative: den Impressionismus. Dative: dem Impressionismus.

Impressionismus: der, die or das?

derImpressionismus

Impressionism

maskulin · masculineCulture and artsLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Impressionismus takes the article der (der Impressionismus). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “impressionism” in English.

Impressionismus: word facts

Article: der
Gender: maskulin (masculine)
English: Impressionism
Topic: Culture and arts
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Impressionismus take der?

Nouns ending in -ismus usually take der.

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Impressionismus in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	der Impressionismus
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	den Impressionismus
Dativindirect object: to whom?	dem Impressionismus