Musik

See also: musik

German

Etymology

From Latin mūsica (“music”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muˈziːk/ (standard)
IPA^(key): /ˈmʊzɪk/ (colloquial, chiefly western German)
IPA^(key): /mo(ː)ˈziːk/ (colloquial)
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Noun

Musik f (genitive Musik, plural Musiken, diminutive Musikchen n)

(uncountable) music
(countable) a musical piece (e.g. in "Eine kleine Nachtmusik")

Usage notes

Not used for a physical piece of written music such as sheet music; Noten is used for that instead.

Declension

Declension of Musik

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Musik	die	Musiken
genitive	einer	der	Musik	der	Musiken
dative	einer	der	Musik	den	Musiken
accusative	eine	die	Musik	die	Musiken

Synonyms

Tonkunst

Hyponyms

Negermusik
Opernmusik
Stubenmusik
Unterhaltungsmusik
Volksmusik

Derived terms

Derived terms

Musikerziehung
Musikfreund
Musiklexikon

Musikliebe
Musikstück

Related terms

→

Musikus
musizieren

Further reading

Musik in Duden online

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