ländler
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From German Ländler, from Austrian German Ländl, diminutive of Land (“land, country”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛndlə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛndlɚ/
Noun edit
ländler (plural ländlers)
- An Austrian folk dance in the form of a slow waltz.
- 2011, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, page 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 […].