šlaager
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Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schlager.
Pronunciation
Noun
šlaager (genitive šlaagri, partitive šlaagrit)
- schlager (chiefly European style of popular music with light melodies (often easily danceable) and typically facile, sentimental lyrics)
- (music) banger, hit (recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success)
Declension
| Declension of šlaager (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | šlaager | šlaagrid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | šlaagri | ||
| genitive | šlaagrite | ||
| partitive | šlaagrit | šlaagreid | |
| illative | šlaagrisse | šlaagritesse šlaagreisse | |
| inessive | šlaagris | šlaagrites šlaagreis | |
| elative | šlaagrist | šlaagritest šlaagreist | |
| allative | šlaagrile | šlaagritele šlaagreile | |
| adessive | šlaagril | šlaagritel šlaagreil | |
| ablative | šlaagrilt | šlaagritelt šlaagreilt | |
| translative | šlaagriks | šlaagriteks šlaagreiks | |
| terminative | šlaagrini | šlaagriteni | |
| essive | šlaagrina | šlaagritena | |
| abessive | šlaagrita | šlaagriteta | |
| comitative | šlaagriga | šlaagritega | |
Further reading
- “šlaager”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “šlaager”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “šlaager”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- šlaager in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)