Schlager
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]schlagen (“to hit”) + -er, formally a doublet of Schläger. Attested since the late 19th century and thus older than English hit (early 20th century).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schlager m (strong, genitive Schlagers, plural Schlager)
- schlager (European music genre)
- (dated) hit (music or entertainment success)
- Synonyms: Hit, Kassenschlager
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schlager [masculine, strong]
Descendants
[edit]- → Bulgarian: шла́гер (šláger)
- → Danish: slager
- → English: schlager
- → Esperanto: ŝlagro
- → Finnish: iskelmä (calque)
- → Hungarian: sláger
- → Norwegian Bokmål: slager
- → Polish: szlagier
- → Swedish: schlager
- → Romanian: șlagăr
- → Russian: шлягер (šljager)
- → Ukrainian: шля́гер (šljáher)
Further reading
[edit]- “Schlager” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schlager” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Schlager” in Duden online
- Schlager on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de