"Zither" meaning in German

See Zither in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡sɪtɐ/ Audio: De-Zither.ogg
Etymology: See late Middle High German zitterlein. From Old High German zithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). See also Gitarre. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmh|zitterlein}} Middle High German zitterlein, {{inh|de|goh|zithara}} Old High German zithara, {{der|de|la|cithara}} Latin cithara, {{der|de|grc|κιθάρα}} Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára), {{doublet|de|Gitarre|notext=1}} Gitarre Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Zither f (genitive Zither, plural Zithern) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Zither [genitive], Zithern [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Zither [nominative, singular], Zithern [definite, nominative, plural], Zither [genitive, singular], Zithern [definite, genitive, plural], Zither [dative, singular], Zithern [dative, definite, plural], Zither [accusative, singular], Zithern [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (music) zither Tags: feminine Related terms: Zitherbauer, Zithermusik, Zitherring, Zithersaite, Zitherspiel, Zitherspieler, Zitherverein
    Sense id: en-Zither-de-noun-zyPRMoky Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Musical instruments Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Hyponyms (Hyponyms of Zither): Akkordzither, Alpenländische Zither, Autoharp, Brettzither, Diskantzither, Kastenzither, Konzertzither, Rahmenzither, Röhrenzither, Schalenzither, Scherrzither, Stabzither, Streichzither, Tastenzither

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "zither"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "țiteră"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "cítra",
      "word": "ци́тра"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cittra"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "zitterlein"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zitterlein",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "zithara"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zithara",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cithara"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cithara",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κιθάρα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Gitarre",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Gitarre",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See late Middle High German zitterlein. From Old High German zithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).\nSee also Gitarre.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Zither",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zithern",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zither",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zithern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zither",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zithern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zither",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zithern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zither",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zithern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Zither f (genitive Zither, plural Zithern)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Musical instruments",
          "orig": "de:Musical instruments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "zither"
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Akkordzither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Alpenländische Zither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Autoharp"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Brettzither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Diskantzither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Kastenzither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Konzertzither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Rahmenzither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Röhrenzither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Schalenzither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Scherrzither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Stabzither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Streichzither"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
          "word": "Tastenzither"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-Zither-de-noun-zyPRMoky",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "zither",
          "zither"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) zither"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Zitherbauer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zithermusik"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zitherring"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zithersaite"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zitherspiel"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zitherspieler"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zitherverein"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sɪtɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Zither.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/De-Zither.ogg/De-Zither.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/De-Zither.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "zitter"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zither"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "zither"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "țiteră"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "cítra",
      "word": "ци́тра"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cittra"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "zitterlein"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zitterlein",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "zithara"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zithara",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cithara"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cithara",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κιθάρα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Gitarre",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Gitarre",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See late Middle High German zitterlein. From Old High German zithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).\nSee also Gitarre.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Zither",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zithern",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zither",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zithern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zither",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zithern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zither",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zithern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zither",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zithern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Zither f (genitive Zither, plural Zithern)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Akkordzither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Alpenländische Zither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Autoharp"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Brettzither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Diskantzither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Kastenzither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Konzertzither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Rahmenzither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Röhrenzither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Schalenzither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Scherrzither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Stabzither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Streichzither"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hyponyms of Zither",
      "word": "Tastenzither"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Zitherbauer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zithermusik"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zitherring"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zithersaite"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zitherspiel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zitherspieler"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zitherverein"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German doublets",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "German terms derived from Latin",
        "German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "German terms derived from Old High German",
        "German terms inherited from Old High German",
        "German terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Musical instruments"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "zither"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "zither",
          "zither"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) zither"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sɪtɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Zither.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/De-Zither.ogg/De-Zither.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/De-Zither.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "zitter"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zither"
}

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