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ländler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɛndlɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈlɛndlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From German Ländler, from Austrian German Ländl, diminutive of Land (“land, country”).

Meanings

1. An Austrian folk dance in the form of a slow waltz.
   • 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, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, page 383:

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