ländler

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See also: Landler and laendler

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

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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 […].

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