German flute

English

Etymology

From German +‎ flute, likely because it originated in Germany.

Noun

German flute (plural German flutes)

1. (music, now chiefly historical) A transverse flute. [from 18th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     He had made great progress in the gymnastic sciences of dancing, fencing and riding, played perfectly well on the German flute, and above all things valued himself upon a scrupulous observance of all the points of honour.

   • 1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction‎^[1]:

     One of the gentlemen played on the violin, and the other on the german-flute.

Translations

Translations

• German: Traversflöte (de) f