schlager

See also: Schlager and Schläger

English

Etymology

From German Schlager (late 19th century), from schlagen (“to hit”), thus similar to English hit (“successful song”, early 20th century).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃlɑːɡə/

Noun

schlager (countable and uncountable, plural schlagers)

1. (music, uncountable) A chiefly European style of popular music with light melodies (often easily danceable) and typically facile, sentimental lyrics.
2. (music, countable) A piece made in this style.

Translations

style

• Asturian: schlager m
• Belarusian: шля́гер m (šljáhjer)
• Bulgarian: шла́гер m (šláger)
• Czech: šlágr (cs) m
• Danish: schlager c, slager c
• Dutch: schlager (nl) m, levenslied (nl) n
• Estonian: lööklaul, šlaager
• Finnish: iskelmä (fi), iskelmämusiikki
• French: schlager (fr) m
• Georgian: შლაგერი (šlageri)
• German: Schlager (de) m
• Hungarian: sláger (hu)
• Latvian: šlagers m
• Macedonian: шлагер m (šlager)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slager m

• Polish: szlagier m
• Romanian: șlagăr (ro) n
• Russian: шля́гер (ru) m (šljáger)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шла́гер m

  Roman: šláger (sh) m

• Slovak: šláger m
• Slovene: šlager m
• Spanish: schlager m
• Swedish: schlager (sv) c
• Ukrainian: шля́гер m (šljáher)

piece

• Belarusian: шля́гер m (šljáhjer)
• Bulgarian: шла́гер m (šláger)
• Czech: šlágr (cs) m
• Danish: schlager c, slager c
• Dutch: schlager (nl) m, levenslied (nl) n
• Estonian: lööklaul, šlaager
• Finnish: iskelmä (fi)
• French: schlager (fr) m
• German: Schlager (de) m
• Hungarian: sláger (hu)
• Latvian: šlagers m
• Macedonian: шлагер m (šlager)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slager m

• Polish: szlagier m
• Romanian: șlagăr (ro) n
• Russian: шля́гер (ru) m (šljáger)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шла́гер m

  Roman: šláger (sh) m

• Slovak: šláger m
• Slovene: šlager m
• Swedish: schlager (sv) c
• Ukrainian: шля́гер m (šljáher)

Swedish

Etymology

Attested since 1920 according to Svenska Akademiens ordbok. From German Schlager (“hit”), derived from schlagen (“to hit”). Compare also with Swedish slå (“"to hit"”). Related to slay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ɧlɑːɡɛr/
• (Central Sweden) IPA^(key): [ˈʂlɑːɡɛr]

Noun

schlager c

1. A genre of popular music associated with the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual music talent show.

   Min pappa tycker väldigt mycket om schlager

   My dad likes schlager (music) a lot

Declension

Declension of schlager

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	schlager	schlagers
	definite	schlagern	schlagerns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Noun

schlager c

1. A piece of music associated with the Eurovision Song Contest.

   Stäng av den där tråkiga schlagerlåten!

   Turn off that boring schlager song!

2. A piece of music appealing to wide audiences that is currently popular; a hit.

   Den brittiska schlagern ligger etta på topplistan

   The latest British hit is number one in the charts

Usage notes

The most common plural form of definition 1 is today schlagers, based on the English plural form. Due to the difficulty of forming an acceptable definite and indefinite form with the -s-suffix will rather be replaced with those of the compound term schlagerlåt (“pop song”).

Declension

Declension of schlager

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	schlager	schlagers
	definite	schlagerlåten	schlagerlåtens
plural	indefinite	schlagers	schlagers
	definite	schlagerlåtarna	schlagerlåtarnas

Declension of schlager

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	schlager	schlagers
	definite	schlagern	schlagerns
plural	indefinite	schlagrar	schlagrarna
	definite	schlagrarna	schlagrarnas

Synonyms

• hit
• slagdänga
• evergreen
• örhänge

Derived terms

• schlagerfestival
• schlagerfinal
• schlagerhöjning
• schlagerlåt
• schlagermusik

References

• schlager in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• schlager in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• schlager in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)