ländler

See also: Landler and laendler

English

Alternative forms

• laendler

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛndlə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛndlɚ/

Noun

ländler (plural ländlers)

1. 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 […].

Anagrams

• Darnell, Llandre, Randell, Rendall