Also means
fiddle
Usage Note
Geige is the everyday German word for violin; the Latinate Violine is more formal. A violinist is Geiger (m) or Geigerin (f), and the idiom die erste Geige spielen means to play first fiddle, i.e. to be in charge.
Examples
"Sie spielt seit ihrem fünften Lebensjahr Geige."
Natural Translation
She has played the violin since she was five.
Literal Translation
She plays since her fifth life-year violin.
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