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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Dudelsack

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈduːdl̩zak

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bagpipe/ˈbæɡ.paɪp/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14200 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er spielt traditionelle Melodien auf dem Dudelsack."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A traditional wind instrument consisting of a bag that is inflated continuously by the player's breath or a bellows, and music is produced by playing on one or more attached pipes.

    "The haunting sound of the bagpipe echoed across the Scottish highlands."
  2. 2

    Often used in the plural to refer to the specific Scottish instrument featuring a chanter and three drones.

    "He practiced the bagpipes every morning despite the noise complaints from his neighbors."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'bagge' (bag) and 'pipe' (musical instrument), recorded around the 15th century. It describes the distinctive construction of a wind instrument utilizing a constant-air-supply bag and multiple pipes.

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