Gardine
German edit
Etymology edit
From early modern Dutch gardine (contemporary Dutch gordijn), from French courtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɡaʁˈdiːnə/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈdiːnə/ (common; particularly northern and central Germany)
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Noun edit
Gardine f (genitive Gardine, plural Gardinen)
- thin, translucid (often partly transparent) curtain covering a window
Declension edit
Declension of Gardine [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Lower Sorbian: gardina
See also edit
- Vorhang (curtain in general, particularly opaque)