Definition
A venue where people dance to recorded music.
Translations
- English
- nightclub
- Français
- discothèque
- Türkçe
- diskotek
- Polski
- dyskoteka
- Русский
- дискотека
- Українська
- дискотека
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Disco
- A1
- Noun
- Leisure & Hobbies
- City & Places
nightclub
/diː ˈdɪsko/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Discos
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Topics
- Leisure & HobbiesPrimaryCity & Places
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Disco öffnet am Samstag.NominativSing.The disco opens on Saturday.
- Wir besuchen die Disco am Wochenende.AkkusativSing.We are visiting the disco at the weekend.
- Nach der Arbeit gehen wir in der Disco tanzen.DativSing.After work, we go dancing at the disco.
- Die laute Musik der Disco ist bis auf die Straße zu hören.GenitivSing.The disco’s loud music can be heard as far as the street.
- Die Discos der Stadt öffnen heute Abend.NominativPlur.The city’s discos open this evening.
- Viele Menschen besuchen die Discos am Wochenende.AkkusativPlur.Many people visit discos at the weekend.
- In den Discos tanzen die Gäste bis spät in die Nacht.DativPlur.Guests dance in the discos until late at night.
- Die Türen der Discos schließen um drei Uhr.GenitivPlur.The doors of the discos close at three o’clock.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Disco/ˈdɪsko/
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Article phrase
die Disco/diː ˈdɪsko/
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Plural
Discos/ˈdɪskos/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Disco | die Discos |
| Akkusativ | die Disco | die Discos |
| Dativ | der Disco | den Discos |
| Genitiv | der Disco | der Discos |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationin die Disco gehen
- Collocationin der Disco tanzen
- Collocationeine Disco besuchen
- Sentence patternDie Disco öffnet am Abend.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termClub — club
- Near-synonymTanzlokal
Tanzlokal is the more general, rather matter-of-fact term; Disco usually refers to a venue with contemporary dance music.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
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