Gardine

German

Etymology

From early modern Dutch gardine (contemporary Dutch gordijn), from French courtine, from Medieval Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”), from Latin cohors (“court, enclosure”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaʁˈdiːnə/ (standard)
IPA^(key): /ɡaˈdiːnə/ (common; particularly northern and central Germany)
Audio (file)

Noun

Gardine f (genitive Gardine, plural Gardinen)

thin, translucid (often partly transparent) curtain covering a window

Declension

Declension of Gardine

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gardine	die	Gardinen
genitive	einer	der	Gardine	der	Gardinen
dative	einer	der	Gardine	den	Gardinen
accusative	eine	die	Gardine	die	Gardinen

Derived terms

Gardinenpredigt
Gardinenstange

Descendants

→ Lower Sorbian: gardina

See also

Vorhang (curtain in general, particularly opaque)

Further reading

Gardine in Duden online

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