schuhplattle

present singular third person schuhplattles · participle present schuhplattling · participle past schuhplattled · past schuhplattled

1. intransitiveTo dance the Schuhplattler.

   During the evening, the D’Werdenfelsers and visiting clubs will schuhplattle.

   1997 May 6, “Schuhplattlers dance May 10”, in The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Community Notes” section, page C4, column 5

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   It was fantastic, peasants dancing and schuhplattling, vast women carrying pretzels and beer, a ship, a beerhouse, crowds of gay, laughing people, animals . . .

   1936, Henry Channon, diary; quoted in Duff Hart-Davis, “Entertainments”, in Hitler’s Games: The 1936 Olympics, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1986, →ISBN, page 205

   To the uninitiated the sight of strong men eagerly slapping themselves may be a trifle disconcerting. But if it happens at Penn State, there’s no cause for alarm. The boys are merely “schuhplattling.”

   1953 March 6, “Penn State Students Do a Bit of ‘Schuhplattling’”, in Sunbury Daily Item, volume XVI, number 55, Sunbury, Pa., →OCLC, page 18, column 2

   When he talks about schuhplattling, his eyes light up, and his feet start to dance, for this is the traditional “shoe slapping” dance so famed from Germany and Austria. The boys in lederhosen and the familiar green, embroidered jackets with staghorn buttons, and the girls in long skirts, white aprons, and ruffled blouses peeping out from flower filled velvet bodices a-jingle with decorative coins, spend most of their free time schuhplattling.

   1962 October 31, Terry French, “Gay ‘schuhplattling’ knows no age limit”, in The Province, 65th year, number 182, Vancouver, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17, column 4

   Ironically, though, the most visible and colorful German celebration this month — the one that could send a few hundred German dancers merrily schuhplattling around Niagara Square this Saturday evening — technically isn’t an Oktoberfest at all.

   1983 October 5, Mike Vogel, “A Season to Toast Traditions”, in The Buffalo News, volume CCVI, number 178, Buffalo, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C-1, column 1

   She began schuhplattling, or shoeslapping, when she was 5 years old, thanks to her German grandfather.

   1996 August 7, Regina Medina, “Local German clubs seek to involve new generation: Younger members needed, says older, current leadership”, in Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.: Gannett Rochester Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1E, column 4

plural schuhplattles

1. countableuncommonuncountableUncommon form of Schuhplattler (“type of dance”).

   The “schuhplattle,” according to Warren Hommas, who inspired the movement on campus, is an old German folk dance.

   1953 March 6, “Penn State Students Do a Bit of ‘Schuhplattling’”, in Sunbury Daily Item, volume XVI, number 55, Sunbury, Pa., →OCLC, page 18, column 2

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   They romp over the lawn at Lake Virginia west of Excelsior doing schuhplattles—the spectacular dances in which the men look as if they are slapping each other when actually they are slapping their shoes, the ground, their thighs, anything but the other guy.

   1963 June 16, Dick Cunningham, “Folk Dancing Runs in Family”, in Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, volume XCVII, number 23, Minneapolis, Minn.: Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, →OCLC, section H (Home and Hobby), page 1, column 2

   And, an added feature will be a schuhplattler group from Utica doing the famous schuhplattle. You don’t know what schuhplattle is? We didn’t either. It’s that dance where the participants slap their shoes and their fannies as they jump around.

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

   While you dine you'll be entertained by the Alpenlanders Band; the Edelweiss Singers; and the energetic Edelweiss Dancers performing various polkas, waltzes and schuhplattles.

   2003 May 28, “Austrian Edelweiss”, in Leader-Post, Regina, Sask., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 2

present singular third person Schuhplattles · participle present Schuhplattling · participle past Schuhplattled · past Schuhplattled

1. Alternative letter-case form of schuhplattle.

   The next day was German Day. In the rotunda Schuhplattling dancers entertained the lunch hour crowd.

   1998, “Second Languages Week”, in Through Titan Eyes (Titan Tradition), Edmonton, Alta.: Harry Ainlay High School, →OCLC, “Curricular” section, page 78, column 1

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   Whoever views the Ammergauers from this standpoint will regard them with the respect which is due to the descendants of ancient families, and will confound them just as little with the «Schuhplattling» peasantry, which is the pride of Schliersee and neighbouring places, as with the superficial culture, the unfortunate result of speculation, of the big cities.

   1900, Hermine Diemer, translated by Walter S. Manning, “History of the Village of Oberammergau”, in Oberammergau and Its Passion Play. A Retrospect of the History of Oberammergau and Its Passion Play from the Commencement up to the Present Day […], Munich; Oberammergau: […] Carl Aug[ust] Seyfried & Co. […], →OCLC, page 47

   Wolfgang Mozart was born in Austria in 1756 so it was only fitting that young Hans Schmidt should play an aria from ‘Don Giovanni’ as our party got going but I soon had him on traditional folk-music and, shakily, I had a go at Schuhplattling. And that’s how I put my back out and wound up in hospital!

   1973, Gordon Hurley, editor, The Log, volume 34, Hayes, Hillingdon: British Airline Pilots Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 285

plural Schuhplattles

1. countableuncommonuncountableUncommon form of Schuhplattler (“type of dance”).

   Austrian, German and Bavarian Dances […] Figure dances and Schuhplattles. Bring soft-soled shoes.

   1997 August 7, “Listings”, in The Boston Globe, volume 252, number 38, Boston, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Calendar” section, page 11, column 2

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   Traditional Scandinavian dances, the lively Austrian “Schuhplattles,” unusual line dances from Greece and Israel, the gay and spirited “Tarantella” of Italy, and a fast-moving quadrille from Germany will be among the authentic numbers performed by the group.

   1955 March 3, “JCC Folk-Dance Party Stars Dave Rosenburg^([sic – meaning Rosenberg])”, in Greenbelt News Review, volume 19, number 30, Greenbelt, Md.: Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Association, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 1

   Faris, president of the German Club at Casa Roble High School, said he will fondly remember the six weeks he spent learning the Schuhplattle, a^([sic]) intricate dance move involving the slapping of the thighs and feet to a rhythm.

   2004 October 28, Lakiesha McGhee, “Oktoberfest: Students join troupe”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 292, number 302, Sacramento, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page H2, column 5