Etymology

lederhosen

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Today it means: A pair of knee-breeches made of leather, typical of Bavaria and Austria. Full definition →

German Lederhose ← Bavarian Lederhosn
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The story

  1. Bavarian · derived fromLederhosn
  2. German · borrowed fromLederhose
  3. English todaylederhosen

Borrowed from German Lederhose (literally “leather trousers”). The final -n probably from the German plural; alternatively influenced by Bavarian Lederhosn (singular and plural).

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