The story
- German · derived fromgarklein“very small”
- English todaygarklein recorder
From German garklein (“very small”), from (archaic) gar (“very”) + klein (“small”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
garklein recorder
Today it means: A recorder whose lowest note is C₆ (or otherwise in the range of B♭₅ to D₆). Full definition →
German garklein