Gardine

German

Etymology

From early modern Dutch gardine (contemporary Dutch gordijn), from French courtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

Gardine f (genitive Gardine, plural Gardinen)

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

   Machst du bitte die Gardinen zu? ― Could you please close the curtains?

Declension

Declension of Gardine [feminine]

	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

• → Kashubian: gardina
• → Lower Sorbian: gardina
• → Silesian: gardina

See also

• Vorhang (curtain in general, particularly opaque)

Further reading

• “Gardine” in Duden online
• “Gardine” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache