Musik

See also: musik

German
Musik

Etymology

From Middle High German mūsic, from Old High German musika, musica, from Latin mūsica (“music”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muˈziːk/, [muˈziːk], [mʊ-], (casual also) [mo-]
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  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊzɪk/ (regional, e.g. western Germany, but mostly avoided in more formal/solemn contexts like church music, school subject etc.)

Noun

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

  1. (uncountable) music
    Synonym: (rare) Tonkunst
    Was hörst du für Musik?
    What kind of music do you listen to?
  2. (uncountable) music as a school subject, musical instruction
    Synonym: Musikunterricht
    Musik fällt morgen aus. ― Music class is cancelled tomorrow.
  3. (countable) a musical piece
    Eine kleine Nachtmusik ― Eine kleine Nachtmusik
  4. (countable, informal) a band, mostly one performing at some event
    Die Musik ist noch beim Essen, aber gleich geht’s los.
    The band are still eating, but they’ll start soon.

Usage notes
  • Not used for a physical piece of written music such as sheet music, for which Noten is used instead.

Declension
Declension of Musik [feminine]
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

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Musik” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Musik” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Musik” in Duden online
  • Musik on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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