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Gesang

singing

noun ge-ZANG Less Common
Arts & Culture Music

Also means

song

Usage Note

Gesang is the act of singing or vocal music in general, derived from singen with the collective ge- prefix. For a single song you say Lied; Gesang is the broader art, as in Gesang studieren ('to study voice').

Examples

"Der Gesang der Vögel weckte mich."

Natural Translation

The singing of the birds woke me.

Literal Translation

The singing of-the birds woke me.

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