Noun
der Blues
Pronunciation: /bluːs/
blues (musical form)
B2
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Meanings
Noun
- blues (musical form)
Example sentence
Am Abend spielt die Band alten Blues aus Chicago.
In the evening the band plays old blues from Chicago.
Word forms
singular
der Blues
No common plural.
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Blues
Accusativeden Blues
Dativedem Blues
Genitivedes Blues
Blues has no common plural.
Usage
- Blues spielen — This names performing blues music.
- der Blues — The German music-genre noun is masculine despite its final s.
Aus dem Keller klingt leiser Blues.
Soft blues music can be heard from the basement.