Definitions for gittern
ˈgɪt ərngit·tern

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gitternnoun

   a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gitternnoun

   A relatively small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, a predecessor of the guitar, that originated around the 13th century and came to Europe via Moorish Spain.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gittern

   The gittern was a relatively small gut-strung, round-backed instrument that first appears in literature and pictorial representation during the 13th century in Western Europe (Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France, England). It is usually depicted played with a quill plectrum, as can be seen clearly beginning in manuscript illuminations from the thirteenth century. It was also called the guiterna in Spain, guiterne or guiterre in France, the chitarra in Italy and Quintern in Germany. A popular instrument with court musicians, minstrels, and amateurs, the gittern is considered an ancestor of the modern guitar and other instruments like the mandore, bandurria and gallichon.From the early 16th century, a vihuela-shaped (flat-backed) guitarra began to appear in Spain, and later in France, existing alongside the gittern. Although the round-backed instrument appears to have lost ground to the new form which gradually developed into the guitar familiar today, the influence of the earlier style continued. Examples of lutes converted into guitars exist in several museums, while purpose-built instruments like the gallichon utilised the tuning and single string configuration of the modern guitar. A tradition of building round-backed guitars in Germany continued to the 20th century with names like Gittar-Laute and Wandervogellaute. Up until 2002, there were only two known surviving medieval gitterns, one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (see external links), the other in the Wartburg Castle Museum. A third was discovered in a medieval outhouse in Elbląg, Poland.

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1. gittern

   A gittern is a stringed musical instrument, similar to a small guitar, that was used primarily in the medieval and Renaissance periods. It typically had four or five strings, and the body was either carved from a single piece of wood or assembled from fitted parts. The instrument was generally played with the fingers, similar to a modern guitar.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gitternnoun

   an instrument like a guitar

2. Gitternverb

   to play on gittern

3. Etymology: [OE. giterne, OF. guiterne, ultimately from same source as E. guitar. See Guitar, and cf. Cittern.]

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1. Gittern

   The gittern was a relatively small, quill-plucked, gut strung instrument that originated around the 13th century and came to Europe via Moorish Spain. It was also called the quinterne in Germany, the guitarra in Spain, and the chitarra in Italy. A popular instrument with the minstrels and amateur musicians of the 14th century, the gittern eventually out-competed its rival, the citole. Soon after, its popularity began to fade, giving rise to the larger and more evocative lute and guitar. Up until 2002, there were only two known surviving medieval gitterns, one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the other in the Wartburg Castle Museum. A third was discovered in a medieval outhouse in Elbląg, Poland.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gittern

   git′ern, n. a kind of guitar, a cithern.—v.i. to play on the gittern. [Most prob. Old Dut. ghiterne—L. cithara—Gr. kithara. See Guitar.]

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1. gritten

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gittern in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

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   The numerical value of gittern in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gittern
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gittern
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gittern
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gittern
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gittern
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gittern