Scherzo

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scherzo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɛrtso/
• Hyphenation: Scher‧zo

Noun

Scherzo n (strong, genitive Scherzos, plural Scherzi or Scherzos)

1. (music) scherzo (piece of music played in a playful manner)

Declension

Declension of Scherzo [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Scherzo	die	Scherzi, Scherzos
genitive	eines	des	Scherzos	der	Scherzi, Scherzos
dative	einem	dem	Scherzo	den	Scherzi, Scherzos
accusative	ein	das	Scherzo	die	Scherzi, Scherzos

Further reading

• “Scherzo” in Duden online
• Scherzo on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de