STRINGED INSTRUMENT - Translation from English into German

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stringed in·stru·ment [ˌstrɪŋdˈ-] N

stringed instrument: Saiteninstrument nt <-(e)s, -e>

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English

German

to thrum a stringed instrument: auf einem Saiteninstrument herumklimpern inf pej

to strum a stringed instrument: auf einem Saiteninstrument herumzupfen inf

German

English

Streichinstrument: string[ed] instrument

Saiteninstrument: string[ed] instrument

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in·stru·ment [ˈɪnstrəmənt] N

1. instrument MUS:

instrument: Instrument nt <-(e)s, -e>

2. instrument (tool, measuring device):

instrument: Instrument nt <-(e)s, -e>

instrument: Apparat m <-(e)s, -e>

a blunt instrument: ein schwerer, stumpfer Gegenstand

surgical instruments: chirurgische Instrumente

3. instrument (means):

instrument: Mittel nt <-s, ->

he saw the theatre as an instrument of change: er sah das Theater als Mittel, Veränderung zu bewirken

4. instrument LAW form (document):

instrument: Urkunde f <-, -n>

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This was an ancient medieval stringed instrument played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.

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Horsehair is used for violin and other stringed instrument bows.

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Previously the violin had been the only stringed instrument featured as a solo instrument in tango.

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All three are lyric genres in the technical sense that they were strophic songs with either musical accompaniment or introduction on a stringed instrument.

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The next most popular stringed instrument, made in sizes and played in consorts or alone, was the viola da gamba.

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