Vokabahn

Avantgarde

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Noun

die Avantgarde

avant-garde

C1 rank #8,862 plural Avantgarden

Meanings

Noun
  1. avant-garde

Example sentence

Die junge Malerin gehört zur Avantgarde ihrer Generation.

The young painter belongs to the avant-garde of her generation.

Word forms

singular die Avantgarde
plural die Avantgarden

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedie Avantgarde
Accusativedie Avantgarde
Dativeder Avantgarde
Genitiveder Avantgarde

Plural

Nominativedie Avantgarden
Accusativedie Avantgarden
Dativeden Avantgarden
Genitiveder Avantgarden

Usage

  • zur Avantgarde gehören — belong to the avant-garde; zu takes dative
  • Avantgarde / avantgardistisch — the pioneering artistic group / avant-garde as an adjective
Extra sentence

Die Ausstellung widmet sich der musikalischen Avantgarde des frühen zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts.

The exhibition is devoted to the musical avant-garde of the early twentieth century.