ländler
[ lent-ler ]
/ ˈlɛnt lər /
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noun, plural länd·ler, länd·lers.
an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, antecedent to the waltz.
music for this dance.
a piano or orchestral composition patterned after such music.
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Origin of ländler
1875–80; <German: literally, something connected with Landl (literally, little land) name for Upper Austria, where the dance first became popular; see -er1
Words nearby ländler
Landini cadence, Landis, landlady, land lane, land legs, ländler, landless, landline, landlocked, landlocked salmon, landloper
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How to use ländler in a sentence
Their solution, Landler wrote: nominate former undersecretary of defense Michele Flournoy for the job.
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British Dictionary definitions for ländler
ländler
/ (German ˈlɛntlər) /
noun
an Austrian country dance in which couples spin and clap
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, in three-four time
Word Origin for ländler
German, from dialect Landl Upper Austria
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