Hymne

Hymne (genitive)
Hymnen (plural)
Hymne (nominative singular)
Hymnen (definite nominative plural)
Hymne (genitive singular)
Hymnen (definite genitive plural)
Hymne (dative singular)
Hymnen (dative definite plural)
Hymne (accusative singular)
Hymnen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin hymnus, from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos).


Metal

de-noun

Metal m (strong, genitive Metals or Metal, no plural)

Metals (genitive)
Metal (genitive)
Metal (nominative singular)
Metals (genitive singular)
Metal (genitive singular)
Metal (dative singular)
Metal (accusative singular)


Punk

Punk m (strong, genitive Punks or Punk, plural Punks)

Punks (genitive)
Punk (genitive)
Punks (plural)
Punk (nominative singular)
Punks (definite nominative plural)
Punks (genitive singular)
Punk (genitive singular)
Punks (definite genitive plural)
Punk (dative singular)
Punks (dative definite plural)
Punk (accusative singular)
Punks (accusative definite plural)


Reggae

Reggae m (strong, genitive Reggaes or Reggae, no plural)

Reggaes (genitive)
Reggae (genitive)
Reggae (nominative singular)
Reggaes (genitive singular)
Reggae (genitive singular)
Reggae (dative singular)
Reggae (accusative singular)


Pop

Pop m (strong, genitive Pops or Pop, no plural)

Pops (genitive)
Pop (genitive)
Pop (nominative singular)
Pops (genitive singular)
Pop (genitive singular)
Pop (dative singular)
Pop (accusative singular)


Trance

Trance f (genitive Trance, plural Trancen)

Trance (genitive)
Trancen (plural)
Trance (nominative singular)
Trancen (definite nominative plural)
Trance (genitive singular)
Trancen (definite genitive plural)
Trance (dative singular)
Trancen (dative definite plural)
Trance (accusative singular)
Trancen (accusative definite plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English trance.


Rock

Rock m (strong, genitive Rockes or Rocks, plural Röcke, diminutive Röckchen n or Röcklein n)

Rockes (genitive)
Rocks (genitive)
Röcke (plural)
Röckchen (diminutive neuter)
Röcklein (diminutive neuter)
Rock (nominative singular)
Röcke (definite nominative plural)
Rockes (genitive singular)
Rocks (genitive singular)
Röcke (definite genitive plural)
Rock (dative singular)
Rocke (dative singular)
Röcken (dative definite plural)
Rock (accusative singular)
Röcke (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German roc, from Old High German roc, from Proto-West Germanic *hrokk, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *rukn-, *ruk-, *rug-, *ruǵ- (“to spin”); or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”). Doublet of Frack.


Soul

Soul m (strong, genitive Soul or Souls, plural Soul)

Soul (genitive)
Souls (genitive)
Soul (plural)
Soul (nominative singular)
Soul (definite nominative plural)
Soul (genitive singular)
Souls (genitive singular)
Soul (definite genitive plural)
Soul (dative singular)
Soul (dative definite plural)
Soul (accusative singular)
Soul (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from English soul, from Middle English, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”). Doublet of Seele.


Primadonna

de-noun

Primadonna f (genitive Primadonna, plural Primadonnen)

Primadonna (genitive)
Primadonnen (plural)
Primadonna (nominative singular)
Primadonnen (definite nominative plural)
Primadonna (genitive singular)
Primadonnen (definite genitive plural)
Primadonna (dative singular)
Primadonnen (dative definite plural)
Primadonna (accusative singular)
Primadonnen (accusative definite plural)

18th century, from Italian prima donna (literally “first woman”).


Fahrstuhlmusik

de-noun

Fahrstuhlmusik f (genitive Fahrstuhlmusik, plural Fahrstuhlmusiken)

Fahrstuhlmusik (genitive)
Fahrstuhlmusiken (plural)
Fahrstuhlmusik (nominative singular)
Fahrstuhlmusiken (definite nominative plural)
Fahrstuhlmusik (genitive singular)
Fahrstuhlmusiken (definite genitive plural)
Fahrstuhlmusik (dative singular)
Fahrstuhlmusiken (dative definite plural)
Fahrstuhlmusik (accusative singular)
Fahrstuhlmusiken (accusative definite plural)


Marsch

Marsch m (strong, genitive Marsches or Marschs, plural Märsche)

Marsches (genitive)
Marschs (genitive)
Märsche (plural)
Marsch (nominative singular)
Märsche (definite nominative plural)
Marsches (genitive singular)
Marschs (genitive singular)
Märsche (definite genitive plural)
Marsch (dative singular)
Marsche (dative singular)
Märschen (dative definite plural)
Marsch (accusative singular)
Märsche (accusative definite plural)

→ Polish: marsz


Regisseur

Regisseur m (strong, genitive Regisseurs, plural Regisseure, feminine Regisseurin)

Regisseurs (genitive)
Regisseure (plural)
Regisseurin (feminine)
Regisseur (nominative singular)
Regisseure (definite nominative plural)
Regisseurs (genitive singular)
Regisseure (definite genitive plural)
Regisseur (dative singular)
Regisseuren (dative definite plural)
Regisseur (accusative singular)
Regisseure (accusative definite plural)

[ʁeʒɪˈsøːɐ̯]

Borrowed from French régisseur, which stands for bailiff or trustee in English, as well as assistant director in theater. The word is actually a false friend; in French the film director is a metteur en scène or sometimes réalisateur, but never a régisseur.

(film, theater or opera) director (male or of unspecified gender)


Acid

Acid n (strong, genitive Acids, no plural)

Acids (genitive)
Acid (nominative singular)
Acids (genitive singular)
Acid (dative singular)
Acid (accusative singular)

a musical genre marked by fast, often computer-generated rhythms; acid


Weltmusik

Weltmusik f (genitive Weltmusik, no plural)

Weltmusik (genitive)
Weltmusik (nominative singular)
Weltmusik (genitive singular)
Weltmusik (dative singular)
Weltmusik (accusative singular)


Klassik

Klassik (genitive)
Klassik (nominative singular)
Klassik (genitive singular)
Klassik (dative singular)
Klassik (accusative singular)

classical literature
classical literature

classical music, classical literature or another classical thing, the noun form of classical


Volksmusik

Volksmusik f (genitive Volksmusik, plural Volksmusiken)

Volksmusik (genitive)
Volksmusiken (plural)
Volksmusik (nominative singular)
Volksmusiken (definite nominative plural)
Volksmusik (genitive singular)
Volksmusiken (definite genitive plural)
Volksmusik (dative singular)
Volksmusiken (dative definite plural)
Volksmusik (accusative singular)
Volksmusiken (accusative definite plural)

From Volk (“folk, people”) + -s- + Musik (“music”).


Schlager

de-noun

Schlager m (strong, genitive Schlagers, plural Schlager)

Schlagers (genitive)
Schlager (plural)
Schlager (nominative singular)
Schlager (definite nominative plural)
Schlagers (genitive singular)
Schlager (definite genitive plural)
Schlager (dative singular)
Schlagern (dative definite plural)
Schlager (accusative singular)
Schlager (accusative definite plural)

→ Bulgarian: шла́гер (šláger)

→ Danish: slager

→ Faroese: slagari

→ Icelandic: slagari

→ English: schlager

→ Esperanto: ŝlagro

→ Finnish: iskelmä (calque)

→ Hungarian: sláger

→ Norwegian Bokmål: slager

→ Polish: szlagier

→ Swedish: schlager

→ Romanian: șlagăr

→ Russian: шлягер (šljager)

→ Ukrainian: шля́гер (šljáher)

schlagen (“to hit”) + -er, formally a doublet of Schläger. Attested since the late 19th century and thus older than English hit (early 20th century).

(dated) hit (music or entertainment success)


Soubrette

Soubrette f (genitive Soubrette, plural Soubretten)

Soubrette (genitive)
Soubretten (plural)
Soubrette (nominative singular)
Soubretten (definite nominative plural)
Soubrette (genitive singular)
Soubretten (definite genitive plural)
Soubrette (dative singular)
Soubretten (dative definite plural)
Soubrette (accusative singular)
Soubretten (accusative definite plural)


Rockmusik

Rockmusik f (genitive Rockmusik, no plural)

Rockmusik (genitive)
Rockmusik (nominative singular)
Rockmusik (genitive singular)
Rockmusik (dative singular)
Rockmusik (accusative singular)


Hamburger Schule

de-proper noun

Hamburger Schule f (proper noun, genitive Hamburger Schule)

Hamburger (“of Hamburg”) + Schule (“school”)

compound

(music) "Hamburg school", a musical current originating in Hamburg, Germany during the 1980s and early 1990s encompassing elements from punk, grunge and experimental pop


Neue Deutsche Welle

de-proper noun

die Neue Deutsche Welle f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Neuen Deutschen Welle)

die Neue Deutsche Welle (canonical feminine)
der Neuen Deutschen Welle (definite genitive)

neu (“new”) + deutsch (“German”) + Welle (“wave”), adapted calque of English new wave.

compound

Und ich sage euch die Wahrheit / Endlich heute voller Klarheit / Neue Deutsche Welle / Ist neue deutsche Hölle!

1983, “Lorelei”, in Angstlos, performed by Nina Hagen:

Ansonsten galt die Neue Deutsche Welle als flüchtige Phase der Vergangenheit, als eine Blase, die lange als kommerziell nicht vermarktbar erschien, sich Anfang der Achtzigerjahre aber mächtig aufblähte–und dann rasch platzte.

2011, Michael Fuchs-Gamböck, Thorsten Schatz, Jan Delay: Die Biografie, Heyne Verlag, →ISBN:

(music) New German Wave (early 1980s genre of German music originally derived from punk rock and New Wave)


Neue Deutsche Härte

de-proper noun

die Neue Deutsche Härte f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Neuen Deutschen Härte)

die Neue Deutsche Härte (canonical feminine)
der Neuen Deutschen Härte (definite genitive)

[ˈnɔʏ̯ə ˈdɔʏ̯tʃə ˈhɛɐ̯tə]

[ˈnɔʏ̯ə ˈdɔʏ̯tʃə ˈhɛʁtə]

From neu (“new”) + deutsch (“German”) + Härte (“hardness”), inspired by Neue Deutsche Welle (“new German wave”).

compound

"Es ist toll, so viele schöne Menschen zu sehen!", ruft auch der Sänger der Frankfurter Band ASP. Sie spielt Stumpfrock mit dunkler Stimme. Neue Deutsche Härte nennt sie das.

[2008 August 11, David Hugendick, “Allein unter Grufties”, in Die Zeit:

Neue Deutsche Härte; a genre of German hard rock/heavy metal music originating in the 1990s, incorporating elements of dance music and electronica


K-Pop

de-noun

K-Pop m (strong, genitive K-Pops or K-Pop, no plural)

K-Pops (genitive)
K-Pop (genitive)
K-Pop (nominative singular)
K-Pops (genitive singular)
K-Pop (genitive singular)
K-Pop (dative singular)
K-Pop (accusative singular)


J-Pop

J-Pop m (strong, genitive J-Pops or J-Pop, no plural)

J-Pops (genitive)
J-Pop (genitive)
J-Pop (nominative singular)
J-Pops (genitive singular)
J-Pop (genitive singular)
J-Pop (dative singular)
J-Pop (accusative singular)

/ˈd͡ʒɛɪ̯pɔp/

English J-Pop/J-pop and Japanese J-POP (J-POP)


Krautrock

Krautrock m (strong, genitive Krautrocks, no plural)

Krautrocks (genitive)
Krautrock (nominative singular)
Krautrocks (genitive singular)
Krautrock (dative singular)
Krautrock (accusative singular)

Kraut + Rock; unclear if coined in German or borrowed from English.


Swing

Swing m (strong, genitive Swings or Swing, plural Swings)

Swings (genitive)
Swing (genitive)
Swings (plural)
Swing (nominative singular)
Swings (definite nominative plural)
Swings (genitive singular)
Swing (genitive singular)
Swings (definite genitive plural)
Swing (dative singular)
Swings (dative definite plural)
Swing (accusative singular)
Swings (accusative definite plural)


Disco

Disco m (strong, genitive Disco, no plural)

Disco (genitive)
Disco (nominative singular)
Disco (genitive singular)
Disco (dative singular)
Disco (accusative singular)


C-Pop

C-Pop m (strong, genitive C-Pops or C-Pop, no plural)

C-Pops (genitive)
C-Pop (genitive)
C-Pop (nominative singular)
C-Pops (genitive singular)
C-Pop (genitive singular)
C-Pop (dative singular)
C-Pop (accusative singular)


Zauberoper

Zauberoper f (genitive Zauberoper, plural Zauberopern)

Zauberoper (genitive)
Zauberopern (plural)
Zauberoper (nominative singular)
Zauberopern (definite nominative plural)
Zauberoper (genitive singular)
Zauberopern (definite genitive plural)
Zauberoper (dative singular)
Zauberopern (dative definite plural)
Zauberoper (accusative singular)
Zauberopern (accusative definite plural)


Kammeroper

Kammeroper f (genitive Kammeroper, plural Kammeropern)

Kammeroper (genitive)
Kammeropern (plural)
Kammeroper (nominative singular)
Kammeropern (definite nominative plural)
Kammeroper (genitive singular)
Kammeropern (definite genitive plural)
Kammeroper (dative singular)
Kammeropern (dative definite plural)
Kammeroper (accusative singular)
Kammeropern (accusative definite plural)


NDW

Neue Deutsche Welle
Neue Deutsche Welle#German

(music) Initialism of Neue Deutsche Welle.


Hardcore

Hardcore m (strong, genitive Hardcores, plural Hardcores)

Hardcores (genitive)
Hardcores (plural)
Hardcore (nominative singular)
Hardcores (definite nominative plural)
Hardcores (genitive singular)
Hardcores (definite genitive plural)
Hardcore (dative singular)
Hardcores (dative definite plural)
Hardcore (accusative singular)
Hardcores (accusative definite plural)


Discomusik

Discomusik f (genitive Discomusik, plural Discomusiken)

Discomusik (genitive)
Discomusiken (plural)
Discomusik (nominative singular)
Discomusiken (definite nominative plural)
Discomusik (genitive singular)
Discomusiken (definite genitive plural)
Discomusik (dative singular)
Discomusiken (dative definite plural)
Discomusik (accusative singular)
Discomusiken (accusative definite plural)


Disko

Disko (genitive)
Diskos (plural)
Disko (nominative singular)
Diskos (definite nominative plural)
Disko (genitive singular)
Diskos (definite genitive plural)
Disko (dative singular)
Diskos (dative definite plural)
Disko (accusative singular)
Diskos (accusative definite plural)


Bluegrass

Bluegrass n (strong, genitive Bluegrass, no plural)

Bluegrass (genitive)
Bluegrass (nominative singular)
Bluegrass (genitive singular)
Bluegrass (dative singular)
Bluegrass (accusative singular)

Unadapted borrowing from English bluegrass.

ubor

Irgendjemand holte das Banjo von Shelbys Großvater, und bald darauf hatte Rosalee, die Frau ihres Onkels Grady, eine Geige in der Hand und ihr Bruder Clay eine Gitarre. Alle wollten Bluegrass hören, die Musik der Berge. Die hohen, schwingenden Töne und Harmonien aus gezupften und gestrichenen Saiten weckten Erinnerungen und schenkten Shelby wieder Kraft. Sie fühlte sich wie neugeboren.

2016 August 29, Nora Roberts, chapter 5, in Ein Leuchten im Sturm: Roman, Diana Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC:

Die Allgegenwart des Bluegrass wird auch deshalb relevant, weil Maybelle schon als kleines Kind in die musikalische Sonderwelt ihrer Eltern hineinwächst und mit den anderen Bandmitgliedern Bekanntschaft macht, die wie eine erweiterte Familie sind.

2022 February 1, Walter Lesch, Markus Leniger, Fragen von Leben und Tod: Medizin und Ethik im Film (Religion, Film und Medien (RFM)), Schüren Verlag, →ISBN, page 212:


Deutschrock

de-noun

Deutschrock m (strong, genitive Deutschrocks, no plural)

Deutschrocks (genitive)
Deutschrock (nominative singular)
Deutschrocks (genitive singular)
Deutschrock (dative singular)
Deutschrock (accusative singular)

Deutschpop, Opfersongs / Deutschrock hopsgenommen

2021, “Skid Row”, in Alle hassen Ferris, performed by Ferris MC ft. Swiss and Shocky:

(music) German rock music with German lyrics


Techno

Techno m (strong, genitive Technos or Techno, no plural)

Technos (genitive)
Techno (genitive)
Techno (nominative singular)
Technos (genitive singular)
Techno (genitive singular)
Techno (dative singular)
Techno (accusative singular)


Diskurspop

Diskurspop m (strong, genitive Diskurspops or Diskurspop, no plural)

Diskurspops (genitive)
Diskurspop (genitive)
Diskurspop (nominative singular)
Diskurspops (genitive singular)
Diskurspop (genitive singular)
Diskurspop (dative singular)
Diskurspop (accusative singular)

Das war der Keim für den Diskurspop, der unter dem Logo "Hamburger Schule" einen republikweiten Twist entwickelte und spätere Marktführer wie Blumfeld und Die Sterne an Land spülte.

2009 October 8, Frank Sawatzki, “Eigentlich ist immer Krise”, in Die Zeit:

Die Gruppe um Michael Girke entstammte jenem ostwestfälischen Zirkel um Jochen Distelmeyer und Frank Spilker, aus dem in den Neunzigern der Diskurspop der Hamburger Schule entstand.

2017 August 5, Jens Uthoff, “Vergessene Band „Jetzt!“: Es lebe die Zärtlichkeit”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

(music) 1990s indie pop with German lyrics, often left-leaning and influenced by postmodern theory


Neue Deutsche Todeskunst

de-proper noun

die Neue Deutsche Todeskunst f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Neuen Deutschen Todeskunst)

die Neue Deutsche Todeskunst (canonical feminine)
der Neuen Deutschen Todeskunst (definite genitive)

Literally, “New German Death Art”, after Neue Deutsche Welle.

Neue Deutsche Todeskunst wird seit Anfang der 90er-Jahre als Oberbegriff für eine Reihe damals neuer Künstler verwendet, in deren vorwiegend deutschen Texten häufig morbide Inhalte Platz fanden.

[2008, Axel Schmidt, Klaus Neumann-Braun, Die Welt der Gothics: Spielräume düster konnotierter Transzendenz, Springer, →ISBN, page 284:

(music) A German musical genre of the late 1980s, influenced by gothic rock, darkwave, and coldwave.


Neoklassik

de-noun

Neoklassik f (genitive Neoklassik, no plural)

Neoklassik (genitive)
Neoklassik (nominative singular)
Neoklassik (genitive singular)
Neoklassik (dative singular)
Neoklassik (accusative singular)

Seine Musik läuft in Hollywood-Blockbustern, aber auch im Berghain oder in der Elbphilharmonie: Max Richter, der in Hameln zur Welt kam, ist der stille Star der Neoklassik.

2022 August 11, Jurek Skrobala, “Max Richter: Der maximale Minimalist”, in Der Spiegel, →ISSN:

(music) subgenre of dark wave with classical or romantic elements


NNDW

Neue Neue Deutsche Welle
Neue Neue Deutsche Welle#German

(music) Initialism of Neue Neue Deutsche Welle.


Gabber

Gabber m (strong, genitive Gabber, no plural)

Gabber (genitive)
Gabber (nominative singular)
Gabber (genitive singular)
Gabber (dative singular)
Gabber (accusative singular)

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch gabber. Doublet of Haberer and Chawer.


Hip-Hop

Hip-Hop m (strong, genitive Hip-Hops, no plural)

Hip-Hops (genitive)
Hip-Hop (nominative singular)
Hip-Hops (genitive singular)
Hip-Hop (dative singular)
Hip-Hop (accusative singular)


Kuschelrock

Kuschelrock m (strong, genitive Kuschelrocks, no plural)

Kuschelrocks (genitive)
Kuschelrock (nominative singular)
Kuschelrocks (genitive singular)
Kuschelrock (dative singular)
Kuschelrock (accusative singular)

kuscheln (“to cuddle”) + Rock (“rock music”)

af

(music) Synonym of Softrock (“soft rock”)