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) === Noun === Gardine f (genitive Gardine, plural Gardinen) thin, translucid (often partly transparent) curtain covering a window Machst du bitte die Gardinen zu? ― Could you please close the curtains? ==== Declension ==== ==== 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