Karaoke

See also: karaoke, karaoké, and karaokê

German

Etymology

From Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from 空 (kara, “empty”) + オケ (oke, “orchestra”), the latter being an abbreviation of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra. The German word may also have been borrowed in part through English karaoke.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkaʁaˈʔoːkə/

Noun

Karaoke n or f (genitive Karaoke or Karaokes, plural Karaoken)

karaoke (form of entertainment; an individual performance or session of it)

Usage notes

Duden gives this word as a neuter, but in practice it is often, and perhaps predominantly, feminine (by analogy with the majority of words in -e).
The plural is exceedingly rare and probably restricted to informal use.

Declension

Declension of Karaoke

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Karaoke	die	Karaoken
genitive	eines	des	Karaokes, Karaoke	der	Karaoken
dative	einem	dem	Karaoke	den	Karaoken
accusative	ein	das	Karaoke	die	Karaoken