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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en gitarr

guitar/jɪˈtar/

Meaning

guitar

In Swedish: ett musikinstrument med strängar

Forms

Forms of gitarr
Singular, indefiniteen gitarr
Singular, definitegitarren
Plural, indefinitegitarrer
Plural, definitegitarrerna

gitarr is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor gitarr, den stora gitarren. Check another noun

Practise gitarr

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Is it en gitarr or ett gitarr?

gitarr in a sentence

  • spela gitarr
    play the guitar
  • lira gitarr
    play guitar [colloquial]
  • stämma en gitarr
    tune a guitar

Words built with gitarr

  • gitarrackompanjemang guitar accompaniment
  • elgitarr electric guitar

Questions

What does gitarr mean in English?

gitarr means “guitar”.

Is it en gitarr or ett gitarr?

It is en gitarr, and “the guitar” is gitarren.

What is the plural of gitarr?

The plural of gitarr is gitarrer, and the definite plural is gitarrerna.

Origin

From French guitare f, Spanish guitarra f or Italian chitarra f, all from Arabic قِيثَارَة f (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara f, from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ f (kĭthắrā).

Nearby common words

gitarr is number 3,413 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary