smartlap
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schmachtlappen, but by folk etymology reanalysed as smart (“grief”) + lap (“rag, sheet”). The widespread supposition that the word originally referred to canvases (roldoeken) depicting sad scenes that were used by itinerant street singers or street musicians is incorrect.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
smartlap m (plural smartlappen, diminutive smartlapje n)
- a simple sentimental popular song about a sad story, usually involving love, death, nostalgia or illness, of a genre originating around 1900
- 1952 April 25, “Veertig jaar maker van liedjes”, in Het Parool, volume 12, number 2238, page 2:
- Later werd de jubilaris componist bij het gezelschap van Herman Bouber en schreef, zoals hij het zelf noemt, verscheidene smartlappen” voor Boubers „schetsen uit het rosse leven”.
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Descendants
- → Afrikaans: smartlap
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ Carel Jansen & Marijke Meijer Drees, "“Kleine Jantje kreeg een vlieger”. Oor die ontwikkeling van die Nederlandse en die Afrikaanse smartlap." Tydskrif vir Nederlands en Afrikaans, 2006, 13 (2), pages 112-128.