schlager

Etymology
From (late 19th century), from, thus similar to 🇨🇬 (“successful song”, early 20th century).

Noun

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

Translations

 * Asturian: schlager
 * Belarusian: шля́гер
 * Bulgarian: шла́гер
 * Czech:
 * Danish: schlager, slager
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: lööklaul, šlaager
 * Finnish:, iskelmämusiikki
 * French:
 * Georgian: შლაგერი
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Latvian: šlagers
 * Macedonian: шлагер
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: slager
 * Polish: szlagier
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: шла́гер
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: šláger
 * Slovene: šlager
 * Spanish: schlager
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: шля́гер


 * Belarusian: шля́гер
 * Bulgarian: шла́гер
 * Czech:
 * Danish: schlager, slager
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: lööklaul, šlaager
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Latvian: šlagers
 * Macedonian: шлагер
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: slager
 * Polish: szlagier
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: шла́гер
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: šláger
 * Slovene: šlager
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: шля́гер

Etymology
Attested since 1920 according to Svenska Akademiens ordbok. From German, derived from. Compare also with Swedish. Related to slay.

Noun

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

Noun

 * 1) A piece of music associated with the Eurovision Song Contest.
 * 2) A piece of music appealing to wide audiences that is currently popular; a hit.
 * 1) A piece of music appealing to wide audiences that is currently popular; a hit.

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.