Noun
das Quartett
Pronunciation: /kvaʁˈtɛt/
quartet (music composition in four parts)
C1
rank #6,164
plural Quartette
Meanings
Noun
- quartet (music composition in four parts)
- quartet (group of four musicians)
- quartet
- four of a kind
Example sentence
Zum Schluss spielten sie ein Quartett für Streicher.
At the end they played a quartet for strings.
Word forms
singular
das Quartett
plural
die Quartette
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Quartett
Accusativedas Quartett
Dativedem Quartett
Genitivedes Quartetts
Plural
Nominativedie Quartette
Accusativedie Quartette
Dativeden Quartetten
Genitiveder Quartette
Usage
- ein Quartett komponieren — Compose a musical work for four voices or instruments.
- Quartett / Quartett als Ensemble — The same noun can also name a group of four performers.
Im zweiten Satz des Quartetts übernimmt das Cello die Melodie.
In the quartet's second movement, the cello takes over the melody.