Volksmusik: der, die or das?
dieVolksmusik
Folk music
Short answer: Volksmusik takes the article die (die Volksmusik). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “folk music” in English.
Volksmusik: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Folk music
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Volksmusik take die?
Nouns ending in -ik usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 23 of 25 such words take die (92%).
See the article rules →Volksmusik in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Volksmusik |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Volksmusik |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Volksmusik |
