Schlager

See also: schlager and Schläger

German

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlaːɡɐ/

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Noun

Schlager m (strong, genitive Schlagers, plural Schlager)

1. schlager (European music genre)
2. (dated) hit (music or entertainment success)

   Synonyms: Hit, Kassenschlager

Declension

Declension of Schlager [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schlager	die	Schlager
genitive	eines	des	Schlagers	der	Schlager
dative	einem	dem	Schlager	den	Schlagern
accusative	einen	den	Schlager	die	Schlager

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: шла́гер (šláger)
• → Danish: slager
  • → Faroese: slagari
  • → Icelandic: slagari
• → 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

• “Schlager” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schlager” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schlager” in Duden online
• Schlager on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de