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music video
A short film that visually accompanies and interprets a piece of music and is often produced for promotional purposes.
Das Musikvideo zu diesem Lied wurde in den isländischen Bergen gedreht.
The music video for this song was filmed in the Icelandic mountains.
The word is a simple compound of 'die Musik' (music) and 'das Video' (video). The gender of the word is determined by the second part, 'das Video'.
Im Fernsehen läuft gerade eine Sendung mit den besten Musikvideos der 90er Jahre.
There's a show on TV right now with the best music videos of the 90s.
Common verbs used in connection with 'Musikvideo' describe its creation or consumption. Typical ones are: 'ein Musikvideo drehen' (to shoot a music video), 'produzieren' (to produce), 'veröffentlichen' (to release), or 'sich ansehen' (to watch).
Die Band hat gerade ein neues Musikvideo veröffentlicht.
The band has just released a new music video.
To assign a music video to a particular song or artist, the preposition 'zu' (+ dative) is used.
Hast du das neue Musikvideo zu ihrem aktuellen Song schon gesehen?
Have you already seen the new music video for their latest song?
video clip
Musikvideo and Videoclip can both refer to short films made for a piece of music. Musikvideo is usually produced specifically as visual accompaniment and often to promote the song. Videoclip is more general and can also refer to a short excerpt shown on the internet or on television.
Die Sängerin hat ein neues Musikvideo zu ihrem Lied veröffentlicht.
The singer has released a new music video for her song.
Im Internet sah ich nur einen kurzen Videoclip aus der Sendung.
I only saw a short video clip from the show online.
