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audio medium
A physical medium used to store and play back audio recordings. Examples include records, CDs, cassettes, or even digital memory cards.
Obwohl Streaming dominiert, sammeln viele Musikliebhaber weiterhin Tonträger wie Schallplatten.
Although streaming dominates, many music lovers still collect audio media such as records.
The word is made up of 'Ton' (sound, noise) and 'Träger' (carrier). A 'Träger' is something that carries or transports something else. A 'Tonträger' (audio medium) is therefore a medium that 'carries' audio information.
Digitale Dateien sind heute die häufigsten Tonträger.
Digital files are the most common audio media today.
'Tonträger' (audio medium) is a rather formal and technical umbrella term. In everyday language, most people instead talk about the specific medium, for example 'CD' (CD), 'Schallplatte' (record), or 'Kassette' (cassette).
Auf dem Flohmarkt kann man noch viele alte Tonträger finden.
At the flea market, you can still find many old audio media.
Typical verbs used with 'Tonträger' (audio medium) are 'einen Tonträger veröffentlichen' (to release an audio medium), 'Tonträger verkaufen' (to sell audio media), or 'Tonträger sammeln' (to collect audio media).
Die Band hat letztes Jahr zwei neue Tonträger veröffentlicht.
The band released two new audio media last year.
album
'das Album' and 'der Tonträger' can both occur in the area of music. An 'Album' refers to the collection of songs as content or as a release. A 'Tonträger' refers to the medium on which sound is stored, for example a CD, cassette, or record. The words can be confused because an album can appear on an audio medium. If you are talking about the music and the songs, 'Album' is more natural. If you are talking about the physical medium, 'Tonträger' is more precise and sounds somewhat more technical.
Für das Archiv wurden alte Tonträger wie Kassetten und CDs gesammelt.
Old audio media such as cassettes and CDs were collected for the archive.
Die Kundin hat das Album gekauft, weil ihr ein Lied daraus besonders gefällt.
The customer bought the album because she especially likes one song from it.