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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Popgruppe

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Popgruppe

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pop group/ˈpɒp ɡruːp/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #3400 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Popgruppe hat ihr neues Album veröffentlicht."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A musical ensemble consisting of vocalists and instrumentalists performing popular music.

    "The pop group released their new album last week, and it's topping the charts."
  2. 2

    A collective of musicians who create and perform music in the pop genre.

    "The pop group is known for their catchy melodies and vibrant performances."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'pop'—an apocopated form of 'popular' originating in the mid-20th century to describe commercially accessible music—with 'group', derived from the Italian 'gruppo' and French 'groupe'. It emerged in the 1960s alongside the explosion of beat music and modern youth culture to denote a musical ensemble performing popular songs.

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