ländler
See also: laendler
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From German Ländler.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛndlə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛndlɚ/
Noun
ländler (plural ländlers)
- An Austrian folk dance in the form of a slow waltz.
- 2011, Anthea Bell, translating WG Sebald, Austerlitz, Penguin 2011, p. 383:
- Sometimes I seemed to hear a long-forgotten Welsh hymn in their melodies, or then again, very softly yet making the senses swirl, the revolutions of a waltz, a ländler theme, or the slow sound of a funeral march […].
- 2011, Anthea Bell, translating WG Sebald, Austerlitz, Penguin 2011, p. 383:
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