gitaar

Dutch

Etymology

Either borrowed from French guitare (from Spanish) or directly from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة‏ (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).

"De gitaarspeelster" van Johannes Vermeer.
"The guitar player" by Johannes Vermeer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣiˈtaːr/
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  • Hyphenation: gi‧taar
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

gitaar f or m (plural gitaren, diminutive gitaartje n)

  1. (music) guitar

Derived terms


Limburgish

Noun

gitaar f

  1. (music) guitar

Inflection

Inflection
Root singular Root plural Diminutive singular Diminutive plural
Nominative gitaar gitare gitaerke gitaerkes
Genitive gitaar gitare gitaerkes gitaerkes
Locative gitaeves gitaeveser gitaeveske gitaeveskes
Dative* - - - -
Accusative* gitaar - gitaerke gitaerkes
  • The dative and accusative are obsolete nowadays, the nominative is used instead.
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