schuhplattler

plural schuhplattlers

1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Schuhplattler.

   We entertained each other with exhibitions of schuhplattlers and big apples!

   1938 October, The Ski Bulletin, volume 9, Boston, Mass., →OCLC, page 8, columns 1–2

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   In the evenings the younger guides gave exhibitions of schuhplattler, slapping their hairy thighs and chamois-leather shorts with fearful cries.

   1965, John Gale, “Part One”, in Clean Young Englishman, London: Hodder & Stoughton, published 2015, →ISBN

   And, an added feature will be a schuhplattler group from Utica doing the famous schuhplattle.

   1978 September 13, Joe Ganley, “Oktoberfest”, in Syracuse Herald-Journal, volume 102, number 30,456, Syracuse, N.Y., →OCLC, page 13, column 1

   The people of Tirol are also noted for their cheerful good humour, and their songs, their yodelling and their schuhplattler dances are world-famed.

   1983, James Hogarth, transl., “Tirol”, in Austria (Baedeker’s), Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Spectrum, Prentice-Hall, Inc., →ISBN, “Austria from A to Z” section, page 192, column 1

   On an extended visit to Brazil, Wolfgang Netzer, the leader of the band, came across a sound that sounded strangely familiar to him and touched childhood memories of when he used to be a member of a schuhplattler dance group slapping thighs and lederhosen.

   1994 October, Christoph Wagner, “Nowt So Queer As Volk! Alpine and the Phenomenon That Is Alpunk”, in Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, David Muddyman, Richard Trillo, Kim Burton, editors, World Music: The Rough Guide, London: Rough Guides, chapter 2 (From the Baltic to the Balkans), page 54, column 1

present singular third person schuhplattlers · participle present schuhplattlering · participle past schuhplattlered · past schuhplattlered

1. rareRare form of schuhplattle.

   Teenagers will have a chance to disco dance — Pennsylvania Dutch style! Instead of “boogying” in the ‘70s style, teens will be “schuhplattlering.”

   1979 July 22, “Lancaster County brews a German Bier Festival”, in Sunday Star-Ledger, volume 66, number 145, Newark, N.J., →OCLC, section 9, page 2, column 1

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   A new long-playing selection (Nixa WLPY6709), including the Archduke Johann Yodel, old Vienna favourites and a bit of Bavarian schuhplattlering should be attractive, too; […]

   1955 August, Lilian Duff, “Continental Records”, in Compton Mackenzie, editor, The Gramophone, volume XXXIII, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, Supplement, page 108, column 2

   Today’s windup gets underway at 11 a.m. and festivities will continue until 12 midnight with oompah pah and polka bands, yodeling, bellringing, schuhplattlering, alpine horn blowing and, of course, plenty of the sudsy stuff.

   1975 July 13, “Closing Day of Purling Festival”, in The Sunday Freeman, volume CIV, number 224, Kingston, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Tempo” section, page 15

plural Schuhplattlers

1. countableuncountableA folk dance from Bavaria and Austria in which the thighs and the soles of the shoes are slapped.

   And as I drove in the fast-moving Saturday traffic listening to Schuhplattler, I thought it probably was not possible to be a European immigrant from their era, or from my own, for that matter, without being a snob of some order: a snob about culture, […]

   2024, Carlos Ramet, chapter 8, in The Quiet Limit of the World, RIZE, Running Wild Press, →ISBN

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   The book’s cover, borrowed from an old folkloristic LP, Jodler und Schuhplattler, depicts the Bavarian Schuhplattler, “the most virile and joyful of the world’s dances.” […] Schuhplattlers feature yodels that highlight the males’ vigor—they still have energy left to yodel.

   2012, Bart Plantenga, “Yoknowledgments”, in Yodel in Hi-Fi: From Kitsch Folk to Contemporary Electronica, Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page xix, column 2

2. countableOne who dances the Schuhplattler.

   Frank and Ann Uher, seen here, were well-known Schuhplattlers.

   2004, Erika Mailman, “Laurel and Redwood Heights”, in Oakland Hills (Images of America), Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 102

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   Brassy German bands play oompapah music for gaily costumed locals, ethnic dancers, Schuhplattlers, and entertainers from Munich and Austria.

   1987, Edna Staebler, “Oktoberfest”, in Schmecks Appeal: More Mennonite Country Cooking, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, published 1988, →ISBN, page 46

   Bucks Country Vineyards in New Hope, Pennsylvania, was established in 1973 and held its first Sangria Festival in 1975. In 1978 its festival calendar called for a May Wine Festival with square dancers, a June Sangria Festival featuring the José Greco Dancers and Musicians, a July Italian Festival with several folk dance groups, an August Polish Festival with folk dancers, and an Oktoberfest celebration with Bavarian Schuhplattlers.

   2014, Hudson Cattell, “Winery Events”, in Wines of Eastern North America: From Prohibition to the Present—A History and Desk Reference, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, chapter 8 (Winery Events and Marketing in the 1970s), page 146

   The Schuhplattler, or shoe slapper, was Frederick Bauer, a third generation German American who apparently charmed Grandma at a beer festival. If you’ve never seen Schuhplattlers perform, it’s quite a sight.

   2015 September, Linda K. Sienkiewicz, chapter 3, in In the Context of Love, Edison, N.J.: Buddhapuss Ink, LLC, →ISBN, page 17

present singular third person Schuhplattlers · participle present Schuhplattlering · participle past Schuhplattlered · past Schuhplattlered

1. rareRare form of schuhplattle (“to dance the Schuhplattler”)

   He was proud that all his children and 4 grandchildren Schuhplattlered for the BSC.

   2017 March 10, Ansberg-West Funeral Directors, “Diedrich ‘Dick’ Garbers”, in The Blade, Toledo, Oh., via Legacy.com, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025

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   There will be merry-making galore, but Sarah Gertrude Knott, director of the festival, says an important aim is to break down barriers of prejudice that exist among different groups. Assisting her (when he’s not “Schuhplattlering”) is Dave Rosenberg (photo at right).

   1960 May 29, Harold J. Flecknoe, “Folk Dancers From All Over”, in The Sunday Star, 108th year, number 150, Washington, D.C., →OCLC, “The Sunday Star Magazine” section, page 14

   The all-over-the-floor show is provided by five lederhosen-clad, frenetic Oberlohr Brothers playing and singing and wood-chopping and “Schuhplattlering” around while Franzi, her hands on her dirndl-skirted hips, yodels her very heart and tonsils out.

   1974 March, Margaret Bennett, “Colorado Spring Skiing”, in Earle R[utherford] MacAusland, editor, Gourmet: The Magazine of Good Living, volume XXXIV, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Gourmet, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 64, column 3

   Decked out in their lederhosen, Shutz, Welsh, Brown and Bortolin might look funny to some people, but they are Schuhplattlering all the way to the bank.

   2006 October 16, “Dancing waiters serve up Schuhplattler”, in Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nev., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5E, column 6